- We cannot give in to the inevitability of war! I sincerely hope that this sad day, the thousandth since the beginning of the large-scale war against Ukraine, will awaken a sense of work in everyone, especially in those who can halt this massacre - said Cardinal Pietro Parolin in an interview with Vatican media on the eve of his departure for the G20 summit in Brazil. The Secretary of State visited Ukraine in July last year, visiting Lviv, Odessa and Kiev.