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Pope Francis said humanity is witnessing the outbreak of World War III

In his address to Polish-speaking pilgrims at the end of his weekly audience at the Vatican yesterday, the Pope encouraged prayer for the people of Ukraine “in a special way”.

He said: “Tomorrow, you will remember the anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, which so painfully scarred the Polish nation.”

“And today, we are experiencing the third.”

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“May the memory of past experiences spur you on cultivating peace within yourself, in families, and social and international life.”

Last April, Pope Francis warned that Russia’s war on Ukraine risks evolving into World War III, and we are “moving towards it as if it were unavoidable.”

In his book Against War: Building a Culture of Peace, Francis declared that from “the beginning of my service as bishop of Rome I have spoken of World War III, saying that we are already living it, though still in pieces.”

It comes as the Vatican struggled to defend Francis from accusations that he wasn’t tough enough on Russia over his invasion of Ukraine.

The Church said the Pope viewed the war started by Moscow as “pointless, repugnant and outrageous”.

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