Papal almoner Cardinal Konrad Krajewski. / lvivadm via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0).
Vatican News reported that Pope Francis’ representative in Ukraine, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, was shot at Saturday while delivering humanitarian aid in the city of Zaporizhzhia.
The report said Krajewski was not hurt.
The incident happened while the Polish-born cardinal was bringing food and other supplies to people stuck in a “no-man’s land” on the front lines.
Krajewski and his companions came under small arm’s fire and sought cover. “For the first time in my life,” he told Vatican News afterward, “I didn’t know where to run … because it’s not enough to run. You have to know where to go.”
https://twitter.com/Leila38_/status/1571245747626016768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Zaporizhzhia is a city on the banks of the Dnieper River in southeastern Ukraine. Its biggest nuclear power station in Europe was taken down for about a week as a precaution due to the intense fighting in the region. The New York Times reported on Saturday that it is back in service.
Krajewski, prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, will return to Ukraine on September 11 to “give concrete witness to the closeness of the pope and the church.” Since the Russian invasion started on February 24, this is his fourth visit as papal almoner.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine told Reuters on Friday that it was too early to say whether the northeastern counteroffensive would represent a turning point in the almost seven-month-long war.