Pilgrims are returning to Rome as the size of the crowds at the Pope's Sunday Angelus continues to grow.<\/p>\n
After praying the Angelus, Pope Francis turned his attention to the situation in Ukraine, where Russia seems increasingly poised to invade the country.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS Currently, an estimated 130,000 Russian troops have amassed along its border with Ukraine, and Western officials have warned that an invasion could take place at any moment.<\/p>\n The Pope also reflected on the day's Gospel passage, and said that Christians must live out the message of Christ joyfully.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Pope Francis then greeted the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square from around the world, and in particular this large group from Portugal. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" February 14, 2022. The Pope dedicated a moment of silence to pray for peace in Ukraine after the Angelus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vaLQaQIWUDI","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bangelus1302eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bangelus1302int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>The news coming out of Ukraine are very worrying. I entrust to the intercession of Our Lady and to the conscience of political leaders every effort of peace. Let us pray in silence. <\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This is the decisive trait of the disciple: the joy of the heart. Let\u2019s not forget, the joy of the heart.<\/em><\/p>\n