Ukraine, Archbishop Gudziak's appeal: "We do not let war break out"

The archbishop Boris Gudziak, head of the Department of External Relations of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, he said: “Our appeal to the powerful of the earth is that they see the real people, the children, the mothers, the elderly. May they see the young people engaged at the front. There is no reason for them to be killed, for new orphans and new widows to be created. There is no reason to make an entire people even poorer ”.

The archbishop has launched an appeal to all the heads of government and state who are involved in decisive talks in these hours to avoid resorting to an armed attack.

“In these eight years of hybrid war, two million internally displaced people have already had to leave their homes and 14 people have been killed - adds the prelate -. There is no reason for this war and there is no reason to start it now".

Archbishop Gudziak, Greek-Catholic Metropolitan of Philadelphia but currently in Ukraine, confirms to SIR the climate of tension that is being experienced in the country. “Only in January - he says - we had a thousand reports of bomb threats. They write to the police that school x is threatened with a possible bomb attack. At that point the alarm goes off and the children are evacuated. This has happened a thousand times in Ukraine in the past month. All means are therefore used to make a country collapse from within, causing panic. I am therefore very impressed to see how strong here people are, resist, do not let themselves be taken by fear ".

The archbishop then turns to Europe: “It is very important that all people get information and know what the real conditions of this conflict are. It is not a war against NATO and in defense of a Ukrainian or Western danger but it is a war against the ideals of freedom. It is a war against the values ​​of democracies and European principles which also have a Christian foundation ".

“And then our appeal is also that there be attention to the humanitarian crisis that already exists in Ukraine following 8 years of war - adds Msgr. Gudziak -. In recent weeks the world is watching carefully the fear of a new war but the war continues for us and there are great humanitarian needs. The Pope knows this. He knows the situation ”.