Vladimir Putin Is No Christian Hero
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: This misplaced esteem speaks volumes about where the U.S. is as a country right now.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: This misplaced esteem speaks volumes about where the U.S. is as a country right now.
Putin’s speech came two days after French President Emmanuel Macron suggested that the deployment of foreign forces to Ukraine remained an option.
COMMENTARY: The situation remains grave. Pope Francis certainly understands that.
COMMENTARY: Sixty years ago, it took the skill and resolve of key statesmen and religious leaders — in Washington, in Moscow, at the Vatican — to pull the world back from the precipice.
COMMENTARY: Given the recent comments from the leading bishops there, the answer is uncertain.
Departing from previous statements, the Holy Father has recently emphasized his desire to visit Kyiv, though conditions on the ground and his personal health will be determining factors.
In the interview, Pope Francis also reflected on whether statements made by NATO toward Russia prompted a worse reaction from Putin.
How should Pope Francis and the Holy See deal with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church?
COMMENTARY: Right now, Ukraine is being martyred once again. And yet again, the persecutors march from Moscow.
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said, “He, who holds in his hands the fate of the whole world and of each person in particular, is always on the side of the victims of unjust aggression ...”
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