Of Pope Francis clearer criticism of Russia after a mediation that took place in the early stages of the war in Ukraine everything went uphill. In recent days, the Pope has “strongly reaffirmed the condemnation of Russian aggression entrusted to Corriere della Sera, one of the men closest to Bergoglio and in this way made clearer the Vatican’s position, which is never equal to distancing but concerned about represented was meditating”.
“The offer was dropped by everyone he added also because the Vatican can only facilitate negotiations if there is a will to really open them. And in the end, the Holy See decided to avoid the instrumental embrace of the more or less covertly deployed Christian right Wladimir Putin“. Speaking of the latter, the Pope has never mentioned him in recent weeks, even if recent references to “violent aggression against Ukraine”, defined as a “senseless massacre in which devastation and atrocities are repeated every day”, this make it clear the responsibility lies solely with Putin.
The Pope’s Appeal Volodymyr Zelenskyy It was confirmation of an approach that has changed since the first days of the war, when the Ukrainian President invited Francis to go to Kyiv. Meanwhile, the Catholic Church insists on the humanitarian front, that is, on taking in Ukrainian refugees and on the losses suffered on both sides.
