Pope Francis appeared to partly blame the West for Russia's invasion of Ukraine in an interview published this week, suggesting that the “barking of NATO at Russia's door” may have forced Putin's hand.
"An anger that I don’t know if you can say was provoked, but maybe facilitated," the Pope told the Italian Corriere della SerPope Francis holds his homily during a Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany at St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 6, 2022, in Vatican City, Vatican.
"I can't answer, I'm too far away, to the question of whether it is right to supply the Ukrainians," Francis said."There are international interests in every bit. One cannot think that a free state can wage war on another free state. In Ukraine it was the others who created the conflict."The Pope has so far declined to condemn Putin, though he has called for an end to the war and said this week that he wants to go to Moscow.
Francis said Kirill spent half of that March meeting reading off"all the justifications for the war" and said that Kirill must not"transform himself into Putin's altar boy." The relationship between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church could be further strained by sanctions that were proposed Wednesday by the European Union on Kirill. Ukrainian servicemen ride atop an armoured fighting vehicle Tuesday as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues at an unknown location in Eastern Ukraine.A resident looks for belongings in an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
"You have to be completely unaware of the history of our church to think that it’s possible to scare its clergy and believers by putting them on some kind of lists," Legoyda said Wednesday.Paul Best is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent toGet all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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