But the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church has defended the country’s actions in Ukraine
Pope Francis leads the Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 10 2022. Picture: REMO CASILLI/REUTERS
Francis spoke at the end of a Palm Sunday service, the first since 2019 in which the public had been allowed back in the square after two years of scaled-back services because of Covid-19 restrictions. Francis earlier evoked the horrors of war in his homily, speaking of “mothers who mourn the unjust death of husbands and sons ... refugees who flee from bombs with children in their arms ... young people deprived of a future ... soldiers sent to kill their brothers and sisters.”
Palm Sunday commemorates the day the Gospel says Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and was hailed by the people, only to be crucified five days later. He watched instead while seated at the altar, to where he was driven in a small car. He later limped as he said the Mass.he head of Russia’s Orthodox Church called on people on Sunday to rally around the authorities as Moscow pursues its military intervention in Ukraine.
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