In the past, the Pope has repeatedly said he is willing to facilitate a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Supreme Archbishop of Kiev-Galicia, His Beatitude Svyatoslav said that the Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine gave Pope Francis the names of approximately five thousand Ukrainian prisoners of war, whose release can be facilitated by Vatican diplomacy. . He spoke about it in an interview RBC-Ukraine.
“I personally handed over to the Pope more than three thousand names of our prisoners of war, our nunciature handed over about five thousand Because wherever I go, in which parish, whether in Ukraine or abroad, those people bring and bring their children, their wives, those who are in captivity, who are missing And then I transferred all this to the apostolic capital and the Vatican diplomacy is now completely open to our needs,” said His Beatitude Svyatoslav.
Commenting on the pontiff’s remarks, he noted that this is an example of how the same tragedy can be viewed from the point of view of the victim and the universal arbiter, “seeing the whole world and trying to serve all the people who suffer now. from wars, from injustice and fulfill this mission of the universal peacemaker.
Earlier, the Pope said he was ready to facilitate the exchange of prisoners.
Let us remind you that the Pope has recently made repeated statements about the war in Ukraine. In March, Francis said Ukraine “must have the courage to raise the white flag.” His words caused great resonance both in our country and around the world.
Later, the press service of the Holy See explained that the Pope did not mean surrender, but a return to negotiations.
Source: korrespondent
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