VATICAN CITY
\nPope Francis on Friday slammed humanity\u2019s \u201cattachment to war\u201d and deplored the \u201cthreatening winds\u201d on the doorstep of eastern Europe amid a crisis between Russia and its pro-western neighbor Ukraine.
\n\u201cWe are attached to wars, and this is tragic,\u201d the 85-year old head of the Catholic Church told the Congregation for the Oriental Churches at the Vatican.
\n\u201cHumanity, which prides itself on being ahead in science, in thought, in so many beautiful things, is lagging behind in weaving peace. It is a champion in making war.\u201d
\nThe US has accused Russia of planning to invade Ukraine within days, a charge denied by Moscow, which claims to have begun withdrawing some of the 149,000 troops that Kyiv now says are on its borders.
\n\u201cThreatening winds are still blowing across the steppes of eastern Europe, lighting the fuses and fires of weapons and leaving the hearts of the poor and the innocent freezing,\u201d Francis said.
\nHe said many had hoped that humankind\u2019s taste for war might be sated by the third millennium, \u201cyet humanity still seems to be groping in the dark.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Friday slammed humanity\u2019s \u201cattachment to war\u201d and deplored the \u201cthreatening winds\u201d on the doorstep of eastern Europe amid a crisis between Russia and its pro-western neighbor Ukraine. \u201cWe are attached to wars, and this is tragic,\u201d the 85-year old head of the Catholic Church told the Congregation for the Oriental […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-245270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n