Pope Francis’ call to pray for peace came a day after US President Joe Biden warned his Russian counterpart that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering.”
The White House said Biden also told Russian President Putin that the West was still committed to diplomacy to end the crisis.
But President Biden stressed that Western allies were, in his words, “equally prepared for other scenarios.”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken explained that those scenarios could include sanctions and military action in Eastern Europe.
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