Pope Francis greets footballers and fans during a public audience as the 2022 World Cup gets underway in Qatar. He also prayed for the people of Ukraine and the victims of the recent earthquake in Indonesia.
(Vatican News Network)The 2022 FIFA World Cup is underway in Qatar, and Pope Francis greeted the players, fans and spectators who attended and watched the event during his public audience on Wednesday, November 23. He said the World Cup is an occasion for “meeting and harmony among nations” and to promote “fraternity and peace among people”.
The Pope specifically referred to the famine caused by the Stalin regime in 1932-1933. This year, Famine Remembrance Day takes place on Saturday, November 26. To this end, the Pope called on the faithful present to pray for the victims of this genocide, but also for “the great number of Ukrainians, children, women and the elderly and young children who are martyred today by the invasion”.
In addition, the Pope expressed his concern for the people of Indonesia and prayed for the victims of the earthquake. On November 21, an earthquake hit the island of Java in the country, killing more than 250 people.
The Pope spoke of Father Giuseppe Ambrosoli, who was beatified in Uganda on Sunday, November 20. The new Blessed was a missionary from Kimberney and a doctor who died in Uganda in 1987. “May the wonderful testimony of Father Ambrosoli help all one of us to become worthy members of the Church when we go out,” said the Pope.
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