The Holy See tried to explain the scandalous statement of Pope Francis about “great Russia”, which caused outrage in Ukraine. The head of the Vatican’s press center, Matteo Bruni, stated that “The Pope intended to encourage the youth to preserve and develop what is positive in Russia’s great cultural and spiritual heritage, and, of course, not to extol the imperialist logic and statesmen mentioned to designate certain historical periods” .
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Another scandalous statement of the pontiff was made at a videoconference with the participants of the Russian Youth Day in St. Petersburg.
Recall that the Pope in a speech to the Russian Catholic youth on August 25 urged them “not to forget about the legacy … of that empire, great, educated”, naming the names of Peter the Great and Catherine the Second.
Subsequently, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Oleg Nikolenko, emphasized that it is precisely with imperialist propaganda that the Kremlin “justifies the murders of thousands of Ukrainians and Ukrainian women and the destruction of hundreds of Ukrainian cities and villages.”
Source: Racurs
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