Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the Pope’s special envoy to Ukraine, who is now on his third trip to the country occupied by Russia on February 24, will celebrate the Via Crucis in Borodyanka. Krajewski only arrived today, April 15, in the city that has become dramatically known to the world for the discovery of numerous civilian bodies following the withdrawal of the Russian army. “It is enough to come here to find the deepest signs of war, right down to the lifeless people said Krajewski The true passion of Jesus is where people suffer and die. But we will end the Via Crucis with the Station of the Resurrection ».
This is the second stage of the third trip to Ukraine of the almoner, who will also celebrate Easter in the war zones. On April 14, Krajewski was in Kyiv, where he met the Greek Catholic Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchukaver and visited the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. Above all, he personally handed over the second ambulance donated by the Pope to the city’s cardiology hospital and drove it 2,600 kilometers himself. “This is the symbol he said with which Francis kisses the feet of the Ukrainian people”.
Pope Francis’ decision to activate a humanitarian mission in Ukraine, entrusted to the very almoner and Cardinal Michael Czerny, who heads the “ministry” dealing with migrants, justice and peace at the Vatican, was seen as a very unusual one diplomatic gesture. On the other hand, the Pope’s almsgiver is already known for his strong gestures. In May 2019, the cardinal had intervened directly in the case of the Spin Time Lab, a building occupied by 400 people on Via di Santa Croce in Rome. Authorities had cut power to the building, and Krajewski had gone off with pliers and screwdrivers to reattach the panel, even leaving his business card on the meter.
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