Vatican joins UN in plea for Easter truce in Ukraine
April 21, 2022
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CWN Editor's Note: The Vatican has given enthusiastic support to an appeal for an Easter truce in Ukraine.
Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the UN; and Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, issued the plea for a truce to honor the Orthodox observance of Easter on April 24.
A Vatican announcement backing the appeal solicited prayers for the effort, noting: “Nothing is impossible for God.”
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