Pope condemns ‘repugnant and cruel’ war in Ukraine

Pope Francis has condemned the repugnant war against Ukraine (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Pope Francis has denounced Russia’s “repugnant war” against Ukraine as “cruel and sacrilegious inhumanity”.

In some of his strongest words yet since Russia’s invasion began on February 24, Francis told thousands of people in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Sunday that every day brings more atrocities in what is a “senseless massacre”.