HOPE FOR PEACE FROM USA NBCNews: "In St. Peter's Square one woman hopes for a pope that speaks on global conflict"
- Yona Tukuser
- May 8
- 1 min read
HOPE FOR PEACE FROM VATICAN 08.05.2025
Unmoved by the crowds, the chanting and the selfies, one woman stands stock still holding a sign: “Hope for Peace.”
This is Ukrainian artist Yona Tukuser, 39, who said she has stood here 12 hours a day, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., since April 25 — four days after Pope Francis died.
“I’m not moving — I’m like a stone,” she told NBC News just off St. Peter’s Square, as the cardinals were starting their hymnal conclave procession on big screens nearby. She wrote her sign in lipstick — representing “the voice of the world” — the day the pope died.
She is untroubled by Francis’ 2024 comments, much criticized by Kyiv’s backers, that Ukraine “should have the courage of the white flag.” She called him “the strongest world voice for peace, but the other leaders told him to shut up.”
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