Pope Francis, right, delivers his speech during the weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. (AP Photo)
Pope Francis has denounced the surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine, saying it was a “scandal” that Christians were fighting among themselves.
During his weekly general audience Wednesday, Francis called for greater international efforts to bring Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian troops back to negotiations.
The UN says indiscriminate shelling and an escalation in the fighting have killed at least 224 civilians in the past three weeks, raising the overall death toll to 5,358 people since April.
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Source: The Indian Express
