HOPE FOR PEACE

Koen van Etten: Vorige week was ik bij de begrafenis van de paus om vast te leggen welke mensen van over de hele wereld naar Vataicaanstad kwamen voor het afscheid van de paus. Het was Yona Tukuser die mijn aandacht greep met haar bord “Hope for Peace’’.

Dear friends, I am happy to share that after I filed a complaint, @youtube responded that they made a mistake and restored my channel with the Hope For Peace archive. Thank you for your support! #HopeForPeace

Dear friends, today, on June 16, 2025, at a time when the world stands on the brink of nuclear war — when anxiety once again settles into every heart with the news from the Middle East and Eastern Europe — YouTube, one of the most influential platforms for sharing voices, deleted my channel "Hope For Peace." Without warning. Without the opportunity for dialogue. Only with the labels: “spam” and “scam.” But my “spam” was a sheet of butcher paper on which I wrote with lipstick:

On June 5, just one day before the end of the school year, I had the honor of sharing my message “Hope For Peace” with two classes at the Istituto Comprensivo “Cristoforo Colombo” in Fiumicino, Rome. The initiative was born from a chance encounter on Instagram —when English teacher Simona Perfetti came across a photo of me holding the sign “Hope For Peace” in St. Peter’s Square. She wrote to me with an invitation to speak to her students about peace. I accepted with inspirati

Hoping for peace I desperately need hope in these chaotic times which are tempting me towards despair. Our president’s policies anger me daily, and in my anger I’m tempted to tune him out, give up, and separate myself from what’s he’s doing to our country. As I’ve been reflecting on hope during these days, however, I realize that my near-despair evidences my commitment to something more. Trump’s deportation policies awaken my care for others. His economic policies awaken my c

Flags, surprise, and messages of hope: Thousands gather to watch the pope's inaugural mass SOURCE: https://news.sky.com/story/pope-leo-vows-to-resist-temptation-to-be-an-autocrat-and-condemns-religious-propaganda-at-inauguration-13370136 https://news.sky.com/video/flags-surprise-and-messages-of-hope-thousands-gather-to-watch-the-popes-inaugural-mass-13370269

Yona Tukuser, a 39-year-old artist from Odessa in Ukraine who was amongst the crowd in St Peter's Square, said Leo was "a pope for peace" who would "work very hard to build a bridge for dialogue". SOURCE: https://www.enca.com/news/pope-leo-xiv-warns-against-exploitation-inaugural-mass

SOURCE: https://www.news24.com/world/pope-leo-xiv-warns-against-exploitation-at-inaugural-mass-20250518-0795#google_vignette

Durante el cónclave, el 7 de mayo de 2025. ALEX MAJOLI/MAGNUM PHOTOS. FORMA PARTE DEL PROYECTO CITTÀ APERTA 2025 DEL MUSEO VIVE - VITTORIANO Y EL PALAZZO VENEZIA. SOURCE: https://www.revistavanityfair.es/articulos/habemus-papam-leon-xiv-testigo-directo-vaticano

Tukuser, a 39-year-old artist from the Odessa region of Ukraine, has been holding a sign reading “Hope for Peace” in St. Peter’s Square since April 25. She says she is moved when passersby read her sign and repeat the words, “hope for peace,” in a variety of different languages.

Na praça, Yona Tukuser, 39 anos, artista ucraniana de Hlavani, na região de Odessa (perto da fronteira com a Moldávia e a Roménia), transporta desde o dia 25 de Abril um cartaz que afirma Hope for peace, “esperança pela paz”. Escreveu-o com batom, em toalhas de papel de restaurante. Foi o que teve à mão quando decidiu vir despedir-se do Papa Francisco, depois da sua morte. “Senti-me como órfã daquela que era a mais forte voz pela paz, que falava sempre do diálogo, a pedir aos

Yona Tukuser, de 39 años de edad, pintora, nacida en Ucrania, que se desplazó hasta el Vaticano para "rezar por la paz" en su país, que lleva tres años en guerra con Rusia tras la invasión del presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, de la antigua ex república soviética. Tukuser, que vive en Sofía, en Bulgaria, manifestó su alegría porque dice estar convencida de que tras el nombramiento del cardenal Robert Prevost como León XIV "este va a ser el Papa de la paz", informa Alberto di

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