March 11March 11 Editorial: Continue to pray for ‘an immediate end’ to the ‘senseless war’ in Ukraine (February 10, 2023)

February 10, 2023

Editorial

Continue to pray for ‘an immediate end’ to the ‘senseless war’ in Ukraine

We are approaching the one-year anniversary of Russia’s unjust invasion of Ukraine. Sadly, the war that began on Feb. 24, 2022, is no closer to coming to an end.

It is hard to fathom what both sides have lost in this war, not only in casualties but in the everyday life that is now a remnant of what it once was—especially in war-torn Ukraine.

Destroyed neighborhoods and bombed-out buildings are commonplace in videos and photographs shared from parts of that country, and families separated by the war is another common occurrence.

Men from 18 to 60 are not allowed to leave Ukraine amid the war, and mothers and their children in many cases are forced to fend for themselves to survive.

The longer this war continues, the more the heartbreak will escalate for innocent people caught in the crossfire of the chaos.

We must continue to storm the heavens with prayer for an end to this war, asking our Creator to somehow bring peace to a part of the world that desperately needs it.

We repeat the words that Pope Francis shared on Christmas. May God “enlighten the minds of those who have the power to silence the thunder of weapons and put an immediate end to this senseless war.”

—Mike Krokos

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