Pope Francis on Tuesday criticised the threat of nuclear disaster in Ukraine, and lamented that he sees peace ‘trampled’ in Europe. The Pope was speaking at an ecumenical event organised by the Sant’Egidio Community, which involved a prayer for peace at the Colosseum in Rome. In his address to several thousand people, delivered after various religious groups prayed separately, Francis decried today’s “bleak scenario, where, sad to say, the plans of potent world leaders make no allowance for the just aspirations of peoples”. Referring to the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine,…