Ucraina Videomessaggio di Sua Beatitudine Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Capo e Padre della Chiesa greco-cattolica ucraina nel 237mo giorno di guerra in Ucraina

• one of the features of this war—which will probably go down in history as a war of particular violence against the intimate sphere of a person—will be characterized by a certain weapon that Russia uses against Ukraine: sexuality is being used as a weapon, as a tool for contempt and humiliation of the human person. We have a large number of horrific cases of mass rape. We have cases where girls and women became pregnant from their abusers. One can only imagine how much this violence against the intimate sphere of a person hurts the Ukrainian family, how much it hurts the dignity of men and women. It destroys what the Lord God created for love. • Yesterday we received one piece of nice, good news. 108 Ukrainian women were released from Russian captivity! We thank the Lord God for these saved mothers and women, for the fact that they can return to their native homes, to their native family. But today, let's all surround those women with our attention, love, and prayer. Let's warm them …