National authorities, headed by the President of the Republic, participated in a religious ceremony at the Cathedral of Asunción, joining Pope Francis in the prayer for the end of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Pope Francis this Friday summoned the entire world for a “Universal Prayer for Peace”, which was broadcast from the Vatican and followed in various countries, including Paraguay.
During this religious activity, the Supreme Pontiff consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, asking for the cessation of the armed conflict in which both nations are involved.
The ceremony was accompanied by all the bishops of the world, who also made the invocation in their respective dioceses. In Asunción, the convocation was at the Metropolitan Cathedral, with Archbishop Adalberto Martínez.
The President of the Republic, Mario Abdo Benitez, and the First Lady Silvana Abdo, the Attorney General of the State, Sandra Quiñónez, the Minister of the Interior, Federico González, the National Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo, along with other national authorities participated in this religious service. and religious.
This is the first time in 105 years after the prophecy of the second secret of Fatima that a Pope invokes the consecration, respecting all the requests of the Virgin Mary with all the bishops of the world and explicitly mentioning Russia, notes the newspaper Clarín.
Pope Pius XII in 1942, Paul VI in 1952 and John Paul II in 1982 also consecrated the world to the heart of Mary and to Russia, but without the participation of the bishops, who in the doctrine of the Church are the descendants of the apostles.
