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Why Pope Francis refused to meet with the Russian Orthodox Patriarch

2022-04-22 23:04:49Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Why Pope Francis refused to meet with the Russian Orthodox Patriarch
Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill

Pope Francis has said he has given up plans to meet in June with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who has backed Moscow's war in Ukraine.

The Holy Father, who has repeatedly implicitly criticized Russia and the Russian president for the war, told the Argentine newspaper La Nacion in an interview that he regretted the plan should be "suspended" because Vatican diplomats had advised him that a meeting such "could cause a lot of confusion at the moment."

In Moscow, the RIA news agency quoted Metropolitan Hilarion, a senior official in the Russian Orthodox Church, as saying the meeting was postponed because "the events of the last two months" would have created much difficulty in its preparation.

Reuters reported on April 11 that the Vatican was considering extending by one day the Pope's trip to Lebanon scheduled for June 12-13, so that he could meet with Cyril on June 14 in Jerusalem.

Kirill, 75, has given his full blessing to the Russian occupation of Ukraine since it began on February 24, a position that has caused divisions in the Orthodox Church around the world and sparked an internal rebellion that theologians and academics say is unprecedented.

Papa Françesku, 85 vjeç, ka përdorur shprehje si agresioni i pajustifikuar dhe ndërhyrje në komentet e tij publike për luftën dhe ka kritikuar mizoritë kundër civilëve.

I pyetur në intervistë pse ai kurrë nuk e ka përmendur Rusinë apo presidentin Putin direkt, Françesku u citua të ketë thënë: "Një papë nuk përmend kurrë e emër një kryetar shteti, aq më pak një vend që është mbi kreun të shtetit të tij."

Presidenti Putin, një anëtar i Kishës Ortodokse Ruse, i ka përshkruar veprimet e Moskës si një "operacion special ushtarak" në Ukrainë që synon çmilitarizimin dhe "denazifikimin" e vendit. Moska ka mohuar të ketë vënë në shënjestër civilët.

Francesco has specifically rejected Russian terminology, calling it a war that has sparked "rivers of blood."

The pope said earlier this month that he was considering the possibility of a trip to Kiev, telling reporters during a flight to Malta on April 2 that such a thing was "on the table". He has been invited by Ukrainian political and religious leaders.

Asked in an interview with the Argentine newspaper why he has not yet made the trip, he said: "I can not do anything that would jeopardize the highest objectives, which are the end of the war, a ceasefire or at least a humanitarian corridor. "What value would it have for the Pope to go to Kiev if the war continues the next day?"


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