Pope Francis said yesterday he as considering a trip to Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, and criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying a "potentate" was fomenting conflict for nationalist interests, the Reuters website reports today (April 3, 2022).
Francis made the comments, first to reporters on a plane taking him to Malta for a two-day visit, and then in a hard-hitting speech in the island's presidential palace that left little doubt who he was referring to.
"From the east of Europe, from the land of the sunrise, the dark shadows of war have now spread. We had thought that invasions of other countries, savage street fighting, and atomic threats were grim memories of a distant past," the pope said.
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