Pope Francis expects to send his personal peace envoys to talks with the presidents of Ukraine and Russia to try to bring about a cessation of hostilities in the war.
This is written by the site Il Sismografo, specialized in Vatican news. The publication notes that we are talking about the very mission that Francis announced upon his return from Hungary about three weeks ago. The pontiff did not reveal any details at the time.
According to Il Sismografo, the plan was for the Archbishop of Bologna, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, to travel to Kiev for talks with Volodymyr Zelensyy, and for Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, head of the Vatican’s Eastern Churches department, to travel to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin. .
Without citing sources or details, the site notes that the two presidents have already agreed to meet with papal envoys. The Kremlin and the Ukrainian president’s office have yet to comment on the post.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said he had no comment on Il Sismografo’s message. At the same time, Bruni recalled recent remarks by Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin. He noted that “the time has come to take the initiative to bring about a just peace in Ukraine”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Francis at the Vatican last Saturday. But in his later comments, Zelenskyy seems to have downplayed the possibility of papal mediation, Reuters rating . “With all due respect to His Holiness, we don’t need mediators, we need a just peace. Putin just kills. We don’t need to mediate with him,” he said. the Ukrainian leader on Italian television.
Russian President Putin earlier this week, amid reports of a secret peace mission to Ukraine by the head of the Roman Catholic Church, signed decrees on the change of ambassador to the Vatican .
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