Vatican, 02 December, 2022 / 7:23 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis said Friday that the war between Russia and Ukraine is an example of the “globalization of problems” with the far-felt effects of the energy and food crises.
In a message to heads of state and other civil authorities participating in a high-level conference on geopolitics in Rome on Dec. 2, the pope said that the food crisis in particular is affecting “a growing number of people all over the world, especially in the poorest countries.”
“The Ukrainian conflict is in fact producing enormous repercussions in North African countries, which depend for 80% on grain from Ukraine or Russia,” Pope Francis said.
“This crisis urges us to consider the totality of the real situation from a global perspective, just as its effects are global.”
The pope explained that “just as it is not possible to think of tackling the energy crisis apart from the political one, one cannot at the same time solve the food crisis apart from the persistence of conflicts.”
Pope Francis with members of Leaders Pour la Paix at the Vatican, Dec. 2, 2022. Vatican Media
