Everyone, including the pope, expressed concern during the meeting about how churches are becoming “disunited because of other factors, including political and economic ones,” the WCC said in a press release the same day.
Pope, World Council of Churches’ leaders talk about war, divisions
Lebanon’s patriarchs, bishops sound alarm about presidential vacuum
“Without a president, there can be no protection of the constitution, no supervision over the regularity of the work of state institutions, no separation of powers and no exit from the political, economic and financial paralysis,” the prelates said.
Archbishop asks people to pray, says Russian threat extends beyond Ukraine
“The Ukrainian crisis is not only a crisis for Ukrainians,” said Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk. “It’s something which is affecting the whole world — actually Europe, but also the United States and NATO members.”