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May 5, 2023 · In addition to criticizing the West’s efforts to arm Ukraine, he has implied that NATO deserves blame for the invasion, often quoting an unnamed diplomat who accused NATO of “...
Jun 14, 2022 · In a new interview, Pope Francis more openly criticized Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and clarified his position that NATO is partially to blame for the outbreak of war.
May 3, 2022 · May 3, 2022 4:16 pm CET. By Hannah Roberts. ROME — Pope Francis said that NATO “barking” at Russia’s door may have led to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine — and said he has offered to meet the Russian president in Moscow. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Francis reflected on Russia’s lethal ...
Jun 14, 2022 · Angela Giuffrida. Tue 14 Jun 2022 07.20 EDT. Pope Francis has said Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine was “perhaps somehow provoked” as he recalled a conversation in the run-up to the war in which...
Aug 31, 2023 · Francis had provoked a storm last year in interviews with the Jesuit magazine La Civiltà Cattolica and the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, suggesting the war in Ukraine was a consequence of NATO “barking at Russia’s gate.”
May 3, 2022 · Francis veered toward conspiracy theory as he blamed the international community for instigating the war. “You cannot think that a free state can make war on another free state,” he...
May 2, 2023 · Pope's 'secret' peace plan underscores NATO's lack of a political strategy on Ukraine. As Ukraine prepares a spring counteroffensive, the experts say it's time to start pushing...
