Pope Francis sends cardinals to Ukraine, where ‘rivers of blood and tears flow’. Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, March. 6, 2022. / Vatican Media. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 6, 2022 / 06:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and expressed his solidarity with the country on Sunday. “Rivers of blood and tears are flowing in Ukraine,” he began his Angelus address. “It is not merely a military operation, but a war, which sows death, destruction, and misery.” The 85-year-old pontiff spoke to the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square in Rome fol…