“We hope and pray that this war – which is shameful for all of us, for all of humanity —will come to an end as soon as possible,” Pope Francis said on March 26 to members of the Federazione Italiana Ricetrasmissioni Citizen’s Band (Italian CB Radio Transmissions Foundation).

“Europe is providing a response to this war, not only at the level of high institutions, but also at the level of civil society, of voluntary associations like yours,” he continued. “This way of reacting is fundamental and indispensable, since it regenerates the human and social fabric, in the presence of a wound so serious and so great as that caused by the war.”