In his Christmas message, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church called for
an immediate end to Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, saying, "I hope this senseless war will be put to an immediate end."
Pope Francis reads his Christmas message in Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican on Sunday.
"Let us think of our brothers and sisters in Ukraine who are celebrating Christmas in the dark and cold, forced far from their homes by the devastation of ten months of war," Pope Francis said. I was.
He then called for an immediate end to Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, saying, "I hope this senseless war will be put to an immediate end."
Pope Francis also warned that millions of people in Afghanistan, Africa and elsewhere are at risk of starvation, noting that the military invasion of Ukraine has hampered grain exports. exposed.