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Pope Francis speaks with Patriarch Kirill: “War is always unjust, the people who pay are”

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Pope Francis speaks with Patriarch Kirill: “War is always unjust, the people who pay are”

VATICAN CITY. Pope Francis is doing everything to encourage negotiations between Moscow and Kiev. He also initiated dialogue with the Patriarch – from whom he had distanced himself – which justified the Russian military aggression. The Pontiff and Kirill together to “stop the fire” of the war – which “is never the way” – in Ukraine, because those who “pay the bill” are “the people, they are the Russian soldiers sent to die by bombing, and it is who is bombed and dies ». It is a passage from the video call that Bergoglio had yesterday afternoon with Kirill. The conversation focused on the conflict in Eastern Europe and “the role of Christians in doing everything possible for peace to prevail,” explained Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.

In thanking the Patriarch for the meeting, “motivated by the desire to indicate, as pastors of their people, a path to peace”, the Pope agreed with the Patriarch that “the Church must not use the language of politics, but the language of Jesus. We are shepherds of the same Holy People who believe in God, in the Holy Trinity, in the Holy Mother of God: for this we must unite in the effort to help peace, to help those who suffer, to seek ways of peace “.

The Bishop of Rome stressed that «as pastors we have the duty to be close to and help all the people who suffer from war. At one time there was also talk in our Churches of holy war or just war. Today we cannot speak like that. The Christian awareness of the importance of peace has developed ”.

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