Pope Francis denounces 'tortured bodies' found in Ukraine

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Pope Francis said on Wednesday (Sept 21) that Ukrainians were being subjected to savageness, monstrosities and torture, calling them a 'noble' people being martyred. Speaking at the end of his general audience in St Peter's Square, Francis, who did not name Russia, told the crowd of a conversation he had on Tuesday with Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, his charity chief who...

Pope Francis addresses the audience as he arrives for the weekly general audience at the Vatican on Sept 21.Pope Francis said on Wednesday that Ukrainians were being subjected to savageness, monstrosities and torture, calling them a "noble" people being martyred.

Vatican media said Krajewski, who is Polish, had to run and take cover after coming under light gunfire last week while delivering aid with Catholic bishop, a Protestant bishop, and a Ukrainian soldier."He [Krajewski] told me of the pain of these people, the savage acts, the monstrosity, the tortured bodies they find. Let us unite with these people, so noble, and martyred," he said.

 

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