The Pope has commissioned Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to carry out a peace mission in Ukraine. “I can confirm that Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna and President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, to lead a mission in agreement with the Secretariat of State,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement aimed at easing the conflict in Ukraine. in the hope, never given up by the Holy Father, that this will pave the way for peace.” “The timing of this mission and its modalities are currently being studied,” he adds.
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In recent days there have been rumors that the Pope has decided to send Zuppi to Kiev and Monsignor Claudio Gugerotti to Moscow to support the peace process in Ukraine. Yesterday, however, the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, headed by Gugerotti, said in a statement that “news about a peace mission entrusted to the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti,” announced that “the Prefect knows nothing about it what was said about him”.