Pope Francis said Monday Russia's war
on Ukraine was "absurd" and Kyiv's right to peace was "sacred".
"All war marks a surrender regarding the human capacity to
protect," Francis told an audience of civil protection workers.
"It is a denial of what is written in the United Nations' solemn
pledges.
"That is why St Paul VI, speaking at the UN, proclaimed: 'War no
more''.
"We repeat it again today over what is happening in Ukraine, and
we protect people's dream of peace, the sacred right of peoples
to peace."
The pontiff thanked the civil protection workers for their
assistance to Ukrainian refugees, "especially woman and children
who have fled this absurd war".
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