Pope Francis waves his hand to the crowd as he delivers his Angelus prayer from the window of his study overlooking St.Peter's Square at the Vatican on February 27, 2022. - Pope Francis expressed his "deep pain for the tragic events" resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine during a call with President Volodymyr Zelensky, Kyiv's embassy to the Vatican said on February 26, 2022. | VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
"To repress these very sharp arguments of the laity by force alone, and not to resolve them by giving reasons, is to expose the church and the pope to the ridicule of their enemies and to make Christians unhappy."
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