The Pope's skullcap flew off today as he called for peace during his Easter Sunday mass address at the Vatican.
The pontiff led the service at St Peter's Square, speaking to a crowd of almost 50,000 - saying "we have all seen too much blood" as he addressed the horrific scenes coming from Ukraine.
His words were briefly interrupted when a gust of wind blew his skullcap to the ground.
Pope Francis also called for end to other crisis situations in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, adding he hopes conflict in Europe would help us reflect on the suffering in "all too many areas of our world".
Calling this festive season, an "Easter of war" he called for peace and an end to the "cruel and senseless" conflict in Ukraine.
Pope Francis added: "In this terrible night of suffering and death, may a new dawn of hope soon appear. Let there be a decision for peace.
"May there be an end to the flexing of muscles while people are suffering. Please, please, let us not get used to war!
"Let us all commit ourselves to imploring peace from our balconies and in our streets! Peace! May the leaders of nations hear people’s plea for peace."
Last month, a sombre Pope Francis issued his toughest condemnation yet of the invasion of Ukraine, saying the "unacceptable armed aggression" and "massacre" must stop.
Pope France did not used the word " Russia " in his condemnations of the war since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion on February 24.
But the pontiff's choice of words appeared to increasingly take aim at Putin and reject Moscow's justifications for the invasion.
Speaking during his Sunday blessing, he said: "Faced with the barbarity of killing of children, of innocents and unarmed civilians, no strategic reasons can hold up."
Pope Francis said: "The only thing to do is stop this unacceptable armed aggression before it reduces cities into cemeteries.
"In the name of God, I ask you: stop this massacre!"
He called Ukraine's besieged port of Mariupol a "martyred city" and again appealed for "truly secure humanitarian corridors" to allow residents to evacuate.
Pope Francis seemed particularly sombre during the address.
After an unusually brief greeting to groups in the square, he left the window on the top floor of the Apostolic Palace and returned to the papal library.
