War in Ukraine: Pope Francis fires against Russia

Against Russia succeeded the Pope Francischaracterizing her troops as barbaric, brutal, inhuman, while praising the Ukrainians who are fighting for their survival.

However, according to La Stampa newspaper, which published today the text of a conversation the pope had last month with journalists from Jesuit European cultural magazines, the situation is not black and white and the war “may have been provoked in some way”.

In this text the prelate of the Roman Catholic Church denied the separation of “good and evil” in war in Ukraine, Asked if he was in favor of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said: “No, I am not, it would be an exaggeration to say that,” he said, stressing that the issue should not be limited to “good and bad”.

“We must not forget the real problems if we want to solve them”

Two months before he sent his army Vladimir Putin In Ukraine, the pope, he said, had met with a head of state who had expressed concern that NATO was in danger of causing what happened.

“We do not see the whole drama unfolding behind this war, which may have been something that was either provoked or prevented. We should not forget the real problems if we want to solve them, the pope also noted, referring to “one of the factors that motivates the arms industry for war”.

“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,” the pope said.

Francis hopes to meet with Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church in Kazakhstan in September, he said.