Piper calls for spending less and helping Ukrainians more, why not Syrians?
2022.12.14 05:07
Piper calls for spending less and helping Ukrainians more, why not Syrians?
Budrigannews.com – Pope Francis urged people on Wednesday to spend less on Christmas celebrations and presents this year and to send the difference to Ukrainians to assist them in surviving winter’s hunger and cold.
At the conclusion of his weekly general audience, the pope, who has been making unscripted pleas for Ukraine at nearly every public event since Russia invaded its neighbor in February, made the plea.
“Family, I tell you, there is such a lot of experiencing in Ukraine, so much, so much,” he said, adding that he needed to cause to notice the specific issues Ukrainians will bear before long.
“It’s lovely to celebrate Christmas, but let’s cut back on spending for the holiday. “Let’s have a more modest Christmas, give more modest gifts, and send what we save to the Ukrainian people who need it,” he said, drawing several cheers from the audience.
He stated, “They are suffering so much, going hungry, feeling the cold, and many are dying because there are not enough doctors and nurses available.”
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As sub-zero temperatures take hold, Russian attacks on infrastructure have cut off power, heat, and water to millions of civilians in Europe’s largest conflict since World War Two.
“We should not forget. Yes, Christmas. Yes, in peace with the Lord. Nonetheless, with Ukrainians as our hearts. “Let’s make this real effort to help them,” he said.
On the same day that Francis gave his speech, Santa Sofia, the Ukrainian national church in Rome, issued a new appeal to Italians to donate clothes and medicines that volunteers have been transporting by truckload to Ukraine since March.
