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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 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...
Mar 11, 2024 · BRUSSELS, March 11 (Reuters) - NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg made clear on Monday that he disagreed with Pope Francis’s comments that Ukraine should have the "courage of the white flag" and...
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 3, 2022 · ROME—Pope Francis said that the “barking of NATO at the door of Russia” might have led to the invasion of Ukraine and that he didn't know whether other countries should supply Ukraine with...
Jun 14, 2022 · The Pope’s claim that Nato is to blame for the war is likely to be poorly received by many Ukrainians. Francis has already faced criticism for organising an Easter event in Rome which involved a ...
