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Pope Francis
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Pope Francis admits his words about Russia were inappropriate
Pope Francis explained what he meant when he spoke about “great Russia” to Russian youth on 25 August…
Vatican removes Pope’s quote about ‘great Russia’ after Ukrainian backlash
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry criticizes Pope Francis for praising ‘great Russia’ in his speech.
Pope sends envoy to Ukraine to explore potential paths to peace – NYT
Pope Francis has sent Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to Ukraine on a two-day trip to discuss prospects for…
Zelenskyy meets with Pope Francis, gifts Madonna painted on bulletproof vest
Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, had a 40-minute conversation with Pope Francis in the Vatican, as reported by the…
Ukraine PM presents Pope Francis with photo album of Russian crimes
According to a statement released by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, he met with Pope Francis on Thursday…
Vatican plan to pair Ukrainian and Russian boy in Easter procession drops through
The Vatican was much criticized for planning to pair a Ukrainian and Russian boy in the traditional Good…
Pope Francis recognizes Russia as aggressor in war against Ukraine
During an interview with America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture magazine, Pope Francis condemned Russia’s war…
Pope Francis reiterated Vatican’s ready to mediate to stop the conflict in Ukraine – La Stampa
Asked whether the Vatican is ready to act as a peace mediator and take over the alleged negotiations…
Pope calls for ceasefire, negotiations in Russo-Ukrainian war
Pope Francis dedicated his entire Angelus address on 2 October to the war in Ukraine, Vatican News reports.…
Three reasons why Pope Francis perpetually fails Ukraine
For six months, the world is watching Russia invading sovereign Ukraine, bombing civil objects, killing and abusing civilians,…
Pope calls for a day of prayer for peace in Ukraine on Wednesday, 26 January
The pope expressed his concerns “over the increasing tensions that threaten to overturn chances for peace in Ukraine.”…
“Putin said to orchestrate Trump’s impeachment” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Pope Francis meets with Ukrainian servicemen in Vatican
Pope Francis met with Ukrainian soldiers during his general audience on St. Peter’s Square in Vatican on Wednesday,…
An epochal meeting with epochal consequences
Anyone who remembers my article “When diplomacy prevails over principles of faith” knows that I was not very…
Kremlin’s ‘Top-5 Propaganda Myths, Fakes, and Stupidities’ of the Week
Today, Dmitry Bukovsky of Kyiv’s “Delovaya stolitsa” provides a particularly rich harvest of the Kremlin’s “top propaganda myths,…
Why Putin fears the Ukrainian Catholic Church
Vladimir Putin’s assistant Yuri Ushakov said that the situation in Ukraine would be one of the central themes…