Cardinal Krajewski, director of the Pontifical Societies, is in Ukraine these days to distribute thermal clothing, generators and clothing to the needy. “It was the gospel that prompted him to come here,” he said. The cardinal brings the Pope’s blessing to the poorest.
(Vatican News Network)Cardinal Krajewski, Prefect of the Pontifical Congregation for Charity, is in Ukraine to promote his mission of caring for the country’s population. He queued at the border and braved the icy winds to enter a country darkened by power outages. After the stop in Lviv, the cardinal continued on to the capital Kyiv, where he will spend Christmas.
“After three days I finally arrived in Lviv,” Cardinal Krajewski explained. The cardinal said he traveled from Poland to the city in western Ukraine with a truck loaded with generators and warm clothes to donate to Ukrainians exhausted by nine months of war. The cardinal says that “it was very difficult to cross the border” and cars had to queue at the border for 25 kilometres.
“I stopped in Lviv to meet the poor, to give them the Holy Father’s blessing and to bring Christmas greetings,” said the Prefect of the Pontifical Service of Charity. The Cardinal continues to carry out this act of charity and encourages its transmission. “I’m going to Kiev to spend Christmas there. Many people don’t have electricity or heating,” he added. A collection of “clothes to help people in this very difficult time”. Furthermore, the cardinal is willing to immediately send everything collected in Italy to Ukraine.
Through the church channel, the thermal clothing arrived at its destination without major problems. The generators were sent to the Odessa, Zaporizhia and Kharkov regions. According to Cardinal Krajewski, it is the Gospel that drives us to practice charity today.
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