Vatican City, 15 Mar The mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, sent a letter to Pope Francis inviting him to visit the city during this time of war following the invasion of Russia or, in case it is not possible, to participate in a video conference to send a message to the population. “We believe that the presence of the world's religious leaders in person in Kiev is key to saving lives and paving the way to peace in our city, in our country, and everywhere,” the mayor writes in a letter confirmed by the nuncio (Vatican ambassador), Visvaldas Kulbokas, to some international media. Klitschko says that they would help the pontiff in everything he needed for this trip, but that, in the event that this is not possible, “he could participate in a joint videoconference to record or broadcast it live and efforts will be made to include President Zelenskyi in this call”. “We appeal to you, as a spiritual leader, to show your compassion, to join the Ukrainian people and jointly spread the call for peace,” adds the mayor of the long-besieged Ukrainian capital in this letter. Since the beginning of the war, Francis has made several calls for it to stop. Last Sunday, after the angelus prayer, he demanded that “the massacre” perpetrated in Ukraine after the invasion of Russia be stopped and considered it “an unacceptable armed aggression”. “Brothers and sisters, we have just prayed to the virgin Mary. This week the city that bears his name, Mariupol, has become a martyr city of a harsh war that devastates Ukraine,” the pontiff told the faithful from the window of the apostolic palace. “In the face of the barbarism of the murder of children, innocent people and defenseless civilians, there are no strategic reasons that are worth it. The unacceptable armed aggression must be stopped only before it reduces cities into cemeteries,” he urged. CHIEF ccg/mj
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