Youngest cardinal calls for peace, justice in Ukraine as Church bids farewell to Pope Francis
- Pope Francis's funeral is taking place in Rome, attended by world leaders and many Catholics.
- His death at age 88 after a stroke necessitated electing a new leader for the Church.
- Ukrainian-Born Cardinal Mykola Bychok represents his war-torn nation as the youngest cardinal.
- Bychok stated, "Ukrainians, more than anyone, are people of hope."
- He will join the conclave to choose the next pope, who will guide the Church through crisis.
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Youngest cardinal calls for peace, justice in Ukraine as Church bids farewell to Pope Francis
Mykola Bychok says he had personally spoken of the war with the late pontiff and asked Francis to pray for the 20,000 Ukrainian children taken by force to Russia.
Ukrainian Mykola Bychok, the youngest millennial cardinal to participate in the conclave
The Ukrainian Mykola Bychok, bishop in the Australian city of Melbourne, will be the youngest member of the conclave in which the successor of Pope Francis, who died last Monday, will be elected four months after having proclaimed a cardinal to this millennial.The 45-year-old religious received the blessing of Francis on December 7, in the last consistory headed by the Pope, in which the universe of 133 cardinals who will elect who will occupy t…
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