Ukraine, where people will experience "a bad winter". The Holy Land, where people "suffer so much". It is still to these two lands bathed in the blood of their peoples, where - as he said a few days ago - "the failure of humanity" is being experienced, that Pope Francis turns his thoughts. At the end of the General Audience, the Pontiff greets all the faithful present yesterday in St. Peter's Square: young people, nuns, priests, couples, groups of pilgrims. His face is smiling but turns dark when, before the final blessing, he turns a glance to Ukraine, which is preparing to experience a harsh winter because of power outages and paralysis of the electricity grid due to Russian raids. Thousands of people are without power and heating, while already the first snowfalls have hit the capital Kiev and other cities along with waves of bad weather. With the same apprehension, with the same focus, Pope Bergoglio asks for prayers for the Holy Land, from where glimmers of hope are coming after Israel's announcement of a truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Although in the eyes of many this does not appear to be a step toward peace, nor a prelude to a ceasefire in Gaza. That is why the Pope insists on still asking for prayers and peace to return to the Holy Land.