EUROPE/ITALY – The fifth peace caravan towards Ukraine is underway: “We are not resigned to war”

EUROPE/ITALY – The fifth peace caravan in the direction of Ukraine is underway: “We’re not resigned to battle”

Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Palm Sunday, which within the Christian, Catholic and Orthodox custom has a powerful symbolic which means of peace, the volunteers of the fifth peace caravan “Stopthewarnow” will spend it in Ukraine, alongside the native communities. One yr after the primary mission organized on Ukrainian soil, and after having organized 4 humanitarian journeys in a single yr, the “Stopthewarnow” community strongly reiterates: “We’re not resigned to battle”. That’s the reason a caravan of autos and 150 members shall be in Ukraine once more from March 30 to April 3. The community is coordinated by the “Pope John XXIII Group” and the nationwide networks FOCSIV, AOI (Worldwide Cooperation and Solidarity), “Italian Peace and Disarmament Community”, “Libera in opposition to mafias”, representing about 180 member associations, together with many from the Catholic world.
“We can not settle for that the one phrase stays that of weapons, with their destruction, struggling and deaths. So many deaths. We don’t resign ourselves to battle and that’s the reason, together with primary requirements, we’ll ship palms to the inhabitants of Odessa, Mykolaiv, Cherson and different cities and lay olive branches on the graves of the victims of this insanity”, the community informs.
“We don’t resign ourselves to battle – continues the message presenting the initiative – and, past phrases, we proceed to place our our bodies into it. We’re conscious that we aren’t taking part in a decisive intervention. We merely ask to not contribute to inflicting extra ache The outcomes of those that have chosen the trail of using pressure are there for all to see and within the tears of the victims. We’re not resigned to battle and we need to proceed to say it with our presence”.
With about 25 autos loaded with assist, the members will meet tomorrow, March 30, in Padua, with a load of humanitarian assist to be donated to the Ukrainian inhabitants, together with a number of electrical energy turbines (one for the hospital in Odessa, bought additionally because of the contribution of Cardinal Matteo Zuppi). “However a very powerful load – says Gianpiero Cofano, consultant of the Pope John XXIII Group and one of many organizers of the initiative – is that of peace, humanity and friendship, with a shred of braveness”. (PA) (Agenzia Fides, 29/3/2023)

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