Pope Francis said no trips were planned on his schedule due to restrictions imposed by doctors.
Doctors forbid Pontifex to travel to Kyiv or Moscow. He said this in an exclusive interview with TVI/CNN Portugal.
At the same time, Francis emphasized that he is doing everything to end the conflict in Ukraine, continuing to communicate with Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin.
“The visit is up in the air. I don’t know yet. I am talking to them. Tomorrow, for example, I have a telephone conversation with President Zelensky. We’ll see,” the Pope said, answering a question about the possibility of his travel to Ukraine and Russia.
Pope Francis said no trips, except for a visit to Kazakhstan scheduled for September 13-15, were planned in his schedule due to restrictions imposed by doctors.
“Now I can’t go, because after the trip to Canada, the knee is very slow, so the doctor forbids me. But I’m always in touch by phone and doing my best. And I ask everyone to do their doing. possible. The situation is really sad,” he said.
At the same time, the Holy Pope said that some representatives of the Vatican have been in Kyiv since the beginning of the war.
It can be recalled that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine previously summoned the Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Visvaldas Kulbokas, because of Pope Francis’ statement regarding his comment about the killing of Russian propagandist Darya Dugina.
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