Francis also said that the possibility of a visit to Kyiv 'is on the table.'
Pope Francis speaks to journalists on a plane in Malta, Valletta on April 2. Photo: Johannes Neudecker/picture alliance via Getty Images
Pope Francis on Saturday implicitly criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for launching a "savage" war in Ukraine in his sharpest rebuke of the Russian president yet,We had thought that invasions of other countries, savage street fighting and atomic threats were grim memories of a distant past,” the Pope told Maltese officials on the Mediterranean island nation during a weekend visit.
Francis also said that the possibility of a visit to Kyiv "is on the table," but a trip has not yet been scheduled.
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