Two years, twenty-four months, and 730 days of attacks, bombings, missiles, drones, destruction of buildings, residences, and churches, razing of cities, broken lives, destroyed families, and agony. The collective pain for a war in Ukraine, which appears to have no end and has reached its second anniversary, is joined by that of the Pope, who, at the end of yesterday's Angelus, expressed closeness to this land, immediately defined as "martyred," asking to rediscover "that little bit of humanity" as a push for a diplomatic solution for a "just and lasting peace." "How many victims, destruction, wounded, anguish, tears in a period that is becoming terribly long and of which there is still no end in sight," the pontiff was quoted as saying. From the window of the Apostolic Palace, Francis demanded an end to this cruel struggle, which, he said, "is not only devastating that region of Europe, but unleashes a global wave of fear and hatred." The Pontiff used superlatives to express his "deepest affection" for the "martyred Ukrainian people" and to promise prayers "for the many innocent victims." Then, in front of a square with flags with the inscription "Peace" waving, he raised his supplication to God and those in positions of responsibility on this earth: "I beg that we find that little bit of humanity that allows us to create the conditions for a diplomatic solution in search of a just and lasting peace."
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