Posted on 02/22/2022 6:04:36 PM PST by marshmallow
VATICAN CITY, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Ukraine is open to a Vatican mediation of its conflict with Russia and wants Pope Francis to visit as soon as possible, even in the current situation, Kyiv's new ambassador to the Holy See said on Monday.
Speaking to Reuters in a telephone interview from Kyiv, Andriy Yurash, said the Vatican was considering its response to invitations from both political and Catholic Church officials in Ukraine for a visit.
Yurash, 53, noted that last April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told an Italian newspaper that the Vatican would be an ideal place for negotiating an end to the war in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, which began in 2014.
Yurash repeated Kyiv's openness to a Vatican mediation, amid an international standoff over Russia's deployment of more than 100,000 troops near Ukraine. It denies planning an invasion but many Western countries expect one and have told their citizens to leave.
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Lol, At a quick glance I thought it said “want’s Paypal visit soon”
Oh, well.
That would certainly be an efficacious solution.../s
Eastern Ukraine, maybe the eastern 5th or so, is mentally closer to Poland and heavily Catholic. The rest of the country is split among orthodox. There has always been an underreported sectarian dispute aspect to this, as is true in much of the world.
This is the very definition of desperation 🤪
Call the Commie in a robe to save us 😏
Yes there is a Ukrainian Catholic Church, not Roman but affiliated with Rome.
The desperation of elites has now settled on fabricating a narrative to an awful agreement.
So Euro’s pull out the Pope for a story, because Putin won.
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I want PayPal too.
But you have to link your bank.
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What's the difference?
Also two varieties of Orthodox I think.
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