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Pope Francis on Sunday asked for prayers to accompany him this week on what he calls his “pilgrimage of peace” to Kazakhstan for a meeting of religious leaders.
In a commentary to the public in St. Peter’s Square, Francis noted that on Tuesday he will begin a three-day visit to that Central Asian country to attend a meeting of leaders of traditional and world religions.
“It will be an opportunity to meet many religious representatives and dialogue as brothers, animated by the common desire for peace, the peace our world thirsts for,” said Francis.
“I ask everyone to accompany this pilgrimage of peace with prayer”, said the pontiff.
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Pope Francis gives his blessing as he recites the midday Angelus prayer from his study window overlooking St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Sunday 11 September 2022.
(Photo AP / Andrew Medichini)
He hoped to meet the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill during his trip, who tried to justify the Russian invasion of Ukraine on a spiritual and ideological basis in a “metaphysical” battle with the West.
People gather as Pope Francis recites the midday Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Sunday, September 11, 2022.
(Photo AP / Andrew Medichini)
But earlier this summer, Kirill withdrew from the interreligious gathering.
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Francis had the first ever meeting between a pope and a Russian Orthodox patriarch in 2016. Plans for a second meeting earlier this year were postponed due to the diplomatic consequences of the war in Ukraine.
Pope Francis gives his blessing as he recites the midday Angelus prayer from his study window overlooking St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Sunday 11 September 2022.
(Photo AP / Andrew Medichini)
After mentioning his pilgrimage, Francis urged them to continue praying for the Ukrainian people, so that “the Lord may give them comfort and hope”. He said that a Polish cardinal who acts as his official alms is currently in Ukraine, to visit different communities and give concrete testimony of the closeness of the pope and the Catholic Church.
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