The Pope is ready to go to Putin to end the war in Ukraine.\u00a0He is not planning a visit to Kyiv before that<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 3 , May , 2022 | War News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pope Francis wanted to arrange a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in The Pope is ready to go to Putin to end the war in Ukraine.\u00a0He is not planning a visit to Kyiv before that to try to stop the war in Ukraine.\u00a0The Kremlin has not yet responded.\u00a0The pontiff said this in an interview with\u00a0Corriere della Sera<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quote<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “I asked Cardinal Parolin, after twenty days of war, to convey to Putin that I am ready to go to Moscow. (…) We have not yet received an answer and continue to insist, even if I fear that Putin cannot and does not want to hold this meeting directly. “But so much cruelty, how not to stop it? Twenty-five years ago, we experienced the same thing with Rwanda,” the pontiff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pope Francis is concerned that Putin will not stop for now, the publication notes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The pontiff in conversation, as indicated, always returns to what is better to do. Many asked him for a symbolic gesture in the form of a visit to Ukraine. But the answer is clear. “I will not go to Kyiv yet,” he explains. I sent Cardinal Michael Czerny (Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development) and Cardinal Konrad Krajewski (Pope’s alms giver), who went there for the fourth time. But I feel I don’t have to go. I have to go to Moscow first, I have to to meet with Putin. But I am also a priest, what can I do? I do what I can. If Putin opened the door\u2026 “, – said Pope Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Addition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pope Francis told reporters during a visit to Malta that he was considering a trip to Kyiv to call for peace. The pontiff said the trip was “on the table”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Francis was invited by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the Mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klychko and the Chairman of the UGCC Sviatoslav Shevchuk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n