Gudziak: Pope Francis gave a gift to the world through surprise Trump-Zelenskyy encounter

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Written by Paulina Guzik 

In a powerful, unexpected moment at the Vatican, U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met inside St. Peter’s Basilica on April 26 — just ahead of Pope Francis’ funeral Mass. Metropolitan Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia was not aware of the moment as it happened — he was already in St. Peter’s Square. He only heard applause when President Zelenskyy stepped into the square.

Commenting on the historic moment April 26, Archbishop Gudziak said that, through the encounter, “Pope Francis is giving a gift” to the world — “maybe not the last one, but a gift at the time of farewell to the prospects of peace.”

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