“We see the havoc that humanity has wrought and continues to wreak upon creation, especially that part of it that has greater capacity to exploit its resources,” the pope said.
The pope built upon this reflection by noting that there is both an internal as well as an external “chaos” inherent in man.
“Around us we can say that there is external chaos, social chaos, political chaos,” the pope said. “We think of wars, we think of many boys and girls who don’t have anything to eat, of many social injustices — this is external chaos.”
At the end of the general audience Pope Francis renewed his regular appeal for peace and spoke for a moment on his emotional encounter with Ukrainian children last Saturday.
“The other day I received boys and girls who suffered burns and lost their legs in the war,” the pope recalled in a somber tone.
“War is always cruel. These boys and girls must start walking, moving with artificial arms … they have lost their smile. It’s very bad, very sad when a child loses his smile. We pray for Ukrainian children.”
Matthew Santucci is a CNA Rome correspondent based in EWTN’s Vatican bureau. He grew up in Connecticut and has been living in Rome since 2020. He has a B.A. in History from Fordham and an M.A. in International Relations from Luiss Guido Carli.
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