XIV. Pope Leo criticized the Russian-Ukrainian war with hard words
The newly appointed Pope, XIV. On May 9, Leo spoke in an interview against Russia’s continuous war against Ukraine. Pope Leo condemned Russia’s war against Ukraine and classified it as imperialist invasion, saying that Russia wants to conquer territories for power reasons.
Pope Leo His comments on war are somewhat different from the manifestations of his predecessor, Pope Francis: the newly elected Holy Father clearly designated Russia as the aggressor. Pope Francis has previously made a lot about the war between the two countrieshowever, he has never made it clear that he considered Russia and Vladimir Putin responsible, and even called both the Ukrainians and the Russians brothers, which Ukraine had previously received somewhat resentful.
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Thursday afternoon, the white smoke took off from the chimney of the Sixtus Chapel. Shortly afterwards, it was announced that the new head of church XIV. Robert Francis Prevost called Leo. Known as « Latin Yenki », the cardinal, now Pope, worked for several years in the poorest parts of Peru, and then became a Peruvian citizen. Pope Francis is more restrained, but similar in his spirituality.
Zelensky also spoke
President Volodimir Zelensky recently congratulated the new Pope, saying, “Ukraine deeply evaluates the consistent position of the Holy See in the field”.
As the leader of the Catholic Church Pope Leo will play a decisive role in how the religious institution has responded to Europe’s largest war since World War II.
