"Any one of us could have been in the Market Square at that time." Cardinal Ryś reacts to the tragedy in Krakow

"A terrible thing happened! Violence, aggression, hatred once again hit us in a way that crossed all limits. I write 'Us' because in fact any of us could have been in the Market Square at that time - passing by where the bullets hit random, unsuspecting people," wrote Cardinal. Grzegorz Ryś quoted on the website of the Polish Episcopal Conference.

We don't want, we can't, we can't be indifferent at such a moment. We want, need and must be together, he added.

He emphasized that first of all we should be with people who suffered - for the dead, praying for eternal life, for the injured - for salvation and a quick return to full health. "For the families of both, we ask for the strength necessary to endure such a tragedy. I ask their parish priests to 'be there', for closeness and for every possible help," the hierarch emphasized.

He also reminded that a believer is not helpless even in the face of the greatest challenges. "Where humanly our hands give up, weakened and terrified by the insolence of evil - there our weakness evokes the power of God and the hope based on Him that the last word does not and cannot belong to hatred," he pointed out.

On Sunday, a special mass. in St. Mary's Basilica

The Metropolitan invited to a special Holy Mass in St. Mary's Basilica on Sunday at 16:00. "I invite everyone who wants to clearly and collectively show their closeness to the victims, but also to express their opposition to hatred and violence in a Christian way," he added.