“Pope Francis died in the morning of April 21, he was 88 years old”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“During our personal meetings, Pope Francis expressed genuine concern for the fate of Ukrainians suffering from Russian aggression. For us, his efforts and personal assistance in the issues of release of Ukrainian prisoners of war, as well as the return of children deported to Ukraine by Russian authorities were extremely important to us. The rested Pontiff sought to help Ukrainians reach peace according to their beliefs and always called for prayer for it, ”the PSU Head wrote.
Separately, Metropolitan Epiphanius mentioned that in his last Easter message, the Pope “again mentioned” Ukraine, worn by war “, expressing his hope for establishment, from God’s will, just and sustained peace in our country.”
Pope Francis died on the morning of April 21.
The 88-year-old Francis was hospitalized on February 14 with a serious respiratory infection, which led to the most serious deterioration of his health over 12 years of papacy. On March 23, Pope first appeared in public in more than five weeks of absence.
Due to the recovery after the illness, he did not head the predisposed rituals and service on April 20.