Pope Francis today considered that “history repeats itself” in Ukraine when recalling the anniversary of the secret plan that the Nazis launched in World War II to exterminate Polish Jews, known as “Operation Reinhard”.
“Last Monday, the Center for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin marked the anniversary of ‘Operation Reinhard’, which led to the extermination of nearly two million victims, the majority of Jewish origin, during World War II. . World. May the memory of this terrible event inspire all intentions and actions in favor of peace”, declared the Pope during a general audience.
During the greeting to the Polish faithful, Francis added: “History repeats itself, we see what is happening now in Ukraine”.
Francis concluded the audience by asking the Virgin of the Immaculate, whose feast is celebrated on Thursday, to “give comfort to all those affected by the brutality of war” and “especially to the martyred Ukraine”, in addition to urging the faithful to pray for the Ukrainian people. “martyred” and “so suffering”.
In the prologue to a book that has just been published with his appeals for peace in Ukraine, the Pope encouraged the faithful “to continue to pray insistently for peace in Ukraine, truly without getting tired, we must not get used to this war like any other. other”.
“We must not let our hearts and minds become numb by the repetition of these grievous horrors against God and man. We must not, for any reason in the world, get used to all of this, taking it almost for granted that this fragmented World War III, which has escalated dramatically before our eyes, will become a total World War III,” the Pope stressed.
