MILAN — Papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi stated on Sunday his mission to Moscow on the Ukraine warfare was targeted on humanitarian points and had not concerned any discussions of a peace plan.
Pope Francis had in May requested Zuppi, head of the Italian bishops’ convention, to hold out a peace mission to attempt to assist finish the warfare in Ukraine.
Zuppi met certainly one of President Vladimir Putin’s advisers, Yuri Ushakov, and the pinnacle of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, in Moscow this week. Earlier in June, he additionally visited Kyiv for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
All the conferences “were important, especially in humanitarian aspects, which are what we have focused on. There is not a peace plan, not a mediation,” Zuppi informed state broadcaster RAI.
“There is a big aspiration that the violence will end and that human life can be preserved, starting with the protection of the little ones,” he stated, including he would meet with Pope Francis in coming days to debate the result of the conferences he had held.
Speaking to a spiritual delegation from the Patriarch of Constantinople on Friday, Pope Francis stated there was no obvious finish in sight to the warfare in Ukraine as his peace envoy wrapped up three days of talks in Moscow.
On the identical day, a Vatican assertion stated the go to was “aimed at identifying humanitarian initiatives, which could open roads to peace.”
Francis has known as repeatedly for an finish to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has destroyed Ukrainian villages and cities, induced the deaths of tens of 1000’s of individuals, and pushed tens of millions extra from their properties.
During his Sunday blessing, Francis known as on pilgrims to maintain praying for peace, “even during summer time and especially for Ukrainian people.” — Reuters
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