Pope Francis waves as he leaves after main a prayer for peace from Basilica of St.
Mary Main in Rome, Italy Could 31, 2022.
REUTERS/Yara Nardi ROME, Could 31 (Reuters) - Pope Francis led a global prayer service for peace in Ukraine and different locations affected by conflict on Tuesday, sitting in his wheelchair earlier than a statue that Romans historically affiliate with peace.
The 85-year-old pope visited the Rome basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and prayed earlier than the statue of Mary Queen of Peace.
Pope Benedict XV commissioned the work in 1918 to ask God to finish World Struggle One.
Worshippers in shrines in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria and different nations had been linked by video and Catholics all over the world had been requested to wish on the identical time.
About 1,000 attended the service in Rome, together with the Ukrainian ambassador to the Vatican and plenty of individuals sporting the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag.
Earlier than praying the rosary, Francis requested Mary, who in Christianity is revered because the Mom of God, to "reconcile hearts which can be filled with violence and vendetta".
Francis, who has made quite a few appeals for peace in Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbour in February, is affected by knee ache and has been utilizing a wheelchair for the previous few weeks.
As he was leaving the church, he stopped to greet different individuals in wheelchairs, together with a boy sporting a Ukrainian flag round his neck.
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