Pope Francis skipped the traditional Good Friday procession at Rome’s Colosseum to protect his health, the Vatican said, adding to concerns about his frail condition during a particularly busy liturgical period. Francis had been expected to preside over the Way of the Cross procession, which re-enacts Christ’s Passion and crucifixion, and composed the meditations that […]
The Vatican secretary of state is seeking to defuse outrage after Pope Francis’ comments that Ukraine should have the “courage of the white flag” to negotiate an end to the war. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s chief diplomat, insisted in media interviews that a primary condition for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine is […]
Moscow sees Pope Francis‘ controversial comments on the war in Ukraine not as a call for Ukraine to capitulate, rather as a plea for negotiation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, according to Russian media. Pope Francis said, in comments which were made during a February interview with Swiss public television that came to […]
ROME (AP) — The clergy sexual abuse scandal is slowly gathering steam in Italy with increasing media coverage, criminal convictions and the launch Monday of an investigative podcast dedicated to a case that tangentially involved Pope Francis. A Sicilian court last week convicted a priest of sexual violence and attempted sexual violence against three minors […]
Moscow sees Pope Francis‘ controversial comments on the war in Ukraine not as a call for Ukraine to capitulate, rather as a plea for negotiation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, according to Russian media. In Pope Francis comments, which were made during a February interview with Swiss public television that came to light […]
Moscow sees Pope Francis’ controversial comments on the war in Ukraine not as a call for Ukraine to capitulate, rather as a plea for negotiation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, according to Russian media. President Vladimir Putin had repeatedly expressed willingness to negotiate, Peskov said. “That is the preferred path.” In an interview […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said Pope Francis‘s call for talks with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine was a request to Kyiv’s Western allies to abandon their ambition to defeat Russia and to recognise the West’s mistake in the Ukraine war, Italy’s ANSA news agency reported. Pope Francis has said that Ukraine should have […]
Leaders from Ukraine, Poland and Latvia sharply criticized Pope Francis’ remarks from the Vatican that Ukraine should negotiate with Moscow after more than two years of war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the church should be among the people “and not two and a half thousand kilometres away, somewhere, to mediate virtually between someone who […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sharply rejected an appeal by Pope Francis for peace negotiations with Russia. “The church should be among the people,” Zelensky said in his nightly video address on Sunday. “And not two and a half thousand kilometres away, somewhere, to mediate virtually between someone who wants to live and someone who […]
Leaders from Ukraine, Poland and Latvia sharply criticized Pope Francis’ remarks from the Vatican that Ukraine should negotiate with Moscow after more than two years of war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the church should be among the people “and not two and a half thousand kilometres away, somewhere, to mediate virtually between someone who […]
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and other lawmakers on Sunday snapped back at Pope Francis‘ controversial remarks that Ukraine should negotiate with Moscow after more than two years of war. “How about encouraging [Russian President Vladimir] Putin to have the courage to withdraw his army from Ukraine as compensation? Then peace would return immediately without […]
(Bloomberg) — Ukrainian top diplomat pushed back on Pope Francis’ call for his country to show “the courage of the white flag” and enter negotiations with Russia, a remark that fueled outrage among Ukrainians and condemnation from some foreign allies. Most Read from Bloomberg “Our flag is a yellow and blue one,” Foreign Minister Dmytro […]