However, according to the newspaper La Stampa, the pope had stated last month that the situation is not black and white and the war “may have been provoked in some way”.
THE Pope Francis succeeded again against Russia for its actions in Ukraine characterizing them Her troops are barbaric, brutal, inhumanwhile praising the Ukrainians who are fighting for their survival.
However, according to the newspaper La Stampawhich published today the text of a discussion that had priest last month with journalists from Jesuit European cultural magazines, the situation is not black and white and the war “Probably caused in some way.”
In this text the head of the Roman Catholic Church denied the separation “good and bad “ in the war in Ukraine, while asked if he is in favor of the Russian president Vladimir Putin replied: “No, I am not, it would be an oversimplification to say such a thing”he stressed that the issue should not be limited to the distinction between “good and bad”.
“Two months before Putin sent his army to Ukraine, the pope, he said, had met with a head of state who had expressed concern that NATO was in danger of causing what had happened.”
“We do not see the whole drama unfolding behind this war, which may have been something that was either provoked or prevented.”concluded the pope.
“We must not forget the real problems if we want to solve them”the pope also noted, referring to “one of the driving forces behind the war in the arms industry “.
«It is also true that the Russians thought it would all be over in a week. But they miscalculated. “They met a brave people, a people who are struggling to survive and who have a prehistory in the struggles.” said the pope.
Francis hopes to meet with Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church in Kazakhstan in September, he said.
