{"id":1388519,"date":"2022-03-18T10:59:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T14:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388519"},"modified":"2022-03-18T13:44:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T17:44:55","slug":"ukrainian-archbishop-decries-russian-bombing-of-117-medical-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-archbishop-decries-russian-bombing-of-117-medical-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Archbishop Decries Russian Bombing of 117 Medical Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukrainian-archbishop-decries-russian-bombing-of-117-medical-facilities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388519&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said Friday that Ukraine cannot be \u201cscared off\u201d and will continue fighting for its right to freedom and independence.<\/p>\n<p>In his video <a href=\"http:\/\/ilsismografo.blogspot.com\/2022\/03\/ucraina-videomessaggio-di-sua_18.html\">message<\/a> announcing the 23rd day of this \u201cbloody war,\u201d Greek Catholic Archbishop Shevchuk praised the heroic defense of Ukraine\u2019s national sovereignty while denouncing Russia\u2019s targeted bombing of hospitals and medical buildings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The archbishop called for prayers for \u201cour medical workers, doctors, nurses, paramedics\u201d and all those who have \u201cfirst-hand contact with the inexpressible human pain in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedical workers are today perhaps the main targets of various attacks and strikes of the enemy against the peaceful population,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Citing official information from Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Health, Shevchuk said that so far \u201c117 hospitals and medical buildings were attacked directly\u201d and seven of these \u201cwere completely destroyed and cannot be restored.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Along with this, \u201c43 emergency medical service vehicles were shot at\u201d and many \u201cdoctors and medical workers have died,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20237300\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/Ukranian-refugees.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Sisters Sophia (R), 13, and Anna, 11, Utikalko, who together with their mother and other family members fled war-torn Ukraine, pass the time in a shelter set up for refugees in a primary school not far from the Ukrainian border on March 16, 2022 in Przemysl, Poland. (Sean Gallup\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut our medics, our doctors continue to save human life in Ukraine. Today we would like to particularly give thanks in prayer for them, for the medics who deliver babies in cold hospitals without electricity, in Chernihiv, in Mariupol, in Kharkiv, and in other besieged cities in Ukraine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/faith\/2022\/03\/17\/ukrainian-archbishop-war-with-russia-has-reached-a-tipping-point\/\">declared<\/a> earlier this week, the archbishop expressed hope that a turning point had been reached in the war thanks to Ukrainian resilience and love for the homeland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine cannot be scared off. Ukraine is fighting,\u201d he said in Friday\u2019s message. \u201cUkraine is fighting for its right to freedom and independence. Ukraine is standing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he said, \u201cour army which has stopped an enemy great in number, who is not entering further into our country. An enemy who has passed over to so-called total war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The archbishop also called on the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) and other international institutions and organizations to speak out in defense of life in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thank you for the support you are giving to our medics,\u201d he said. \u201cBut speak your word to the whole world, so that the murder of people in Ukraine ceases immediately!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said Friday that Ukraine cannot be \u201cscared off\u201d and will continue fighting for its right to freedom and independence. 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