Cardinal Kraevsky, head of the pope’s hospice, was sent by the pope to treat people “tortured” in Ukraine in recent days and strengthen their faith. This is the fourth mission of Card. Kraevsky in the country since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
(Vatican News Network)Cardinal Kraevsky, head of the pope’s hospice, is back in Ukraine. He noted that during the 200 days of war the local church “never left its faithful”. This is Card Kraevsky’s fourth mission to Ukraine. He was in Odessa on September 15 before heading to the north of the country. The cardinal brought the Pope’s sincere concern to countless people, priests, nuns, volunteers and countless faces with sorrow.
“This is the fourth time that the Pope has sent me to Ukraine, so to speak, this time in a very different way – explained the cardinal -. Now I am in Odessa, 3,600 kilometers from the Vatican, from the Ukrainian border to the north- east of the country. Ministry, we visited places with religious groups, priests and volunteers who have never left their faithful in these 200 days “. The Church approaches and shares the misery of the people. Card Kraevsky came to Ukraine, and it should also be understood in this regard that he came “to strengthen people’s faith, to give them hope, to be close to them and to be with them”.
The head of the Pope’s Hospice explained: “The situation here is very difficult, the sirens were heard again tonight, but we are walking along the Russian border to be with the people. Today’s liturgy evokes the ceremonies in front of the cross. Our Lady We are at the cross and we want to be with all the widows, with the children of the wounded, like the Virgin Mary, we heard Jesus say to the Ukrainians: ‘Look at your mother’; if we follow Our Lady of Sorrows, miracles will happen in Ukraine “. Finally, Card Kraevsky recalled the meaning of his mission: “The task the Pope asked me to do is to be with people before the cross, to have faith, to repeat every day that we must trust in Jesus, to repeat , Jesus, I trust you. “
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