The Pope is ready to go to Putin to end the war in Ukraine. He is not planning a visit to Kyiv before that
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KYIV. UkraineGate , 3 , May , 2022 | War News
Pope Francis wanted to arrange a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in The Pope is ready to go to Putin to end the war in Ukraine. He is not planning a visit to Kyiv before that to try to stop the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has not yet responded. The pontiff said this in an interview with Corriere della Sera .
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“I asked Cardinal Parolin, after twenty days of war, to convey to Putin that I am ready to go to Moscow. (…) We have not yet received an answer and continue to insist, even if I fear that Putin cannot and does not want to hold this meeting directly. “But so much cruelty, how not to stop it? Twenty-five years ago, we experienced the same thing with Rwanda,” the pontiff said.
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Pope Francis is concerned that Putin will not stop for now, the publication notes.
The pontiff in conversation, as indicated, always returns to what is better to do. Many asked him for a symbolic gesture in the form of a visit to Ukraine. But the answer is clear. “I will not go to Kyiv yet,” he explains. I sent Cardinal Michael Czerny (Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development) and Cardinal Konrad Krajewski (Pope’s alms giver), who went there for the fourth time. But I feel I don’t have to go. I have to go to Moscow first, I have to to meet with Putin. But I am also a priest, what can I do? I do what I can. If Putin opened the door… “, – said Pope Francis.
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Pope Francis told reporters during a visit to Malta that he was considering a trip to Kyiv to call for peace. The pontiff said the trip was “on the table”.
Francis was invited by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the Mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klychko and the Chairman of the UGCC Sviatoslav Shevchuk.
Source: Ukrgate
