Dad conducted a telephone conversation on Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first to have both leaders from the moment of the Leo XVI elections and in which he asked him to make a “gesture that promotes the world” in Ukraine, as Vatican reports in a statement.
The Holy throne confirms that “this afternoon there was a telephone conversation between Pope Leo XIV and President Putin,” after the Russian presidency was revealed in Moscow, and emphasized that “in addition to resolving issues representing mutual interest, special attention was paid to the situation in Ukraine and La -Posp”.
The director of the press service of the Holy See Matteo Bruni told reporters that the Russian dad and the president left for the humanitarian situation, as well as the need to facilitate humanitarian assistance, where necessary. “Dad turned to Russia with a request to make a gesture that contributes to the world, and emphasized the importance of dialogue to establish positive contacts between the parties and look for solutions for the conflict,” the Vatican press said.
Bruni also noted that Pope Leo XIV referred to Patriarch Kirill, who thanked him for congratulations on the beginning of his pontificate, and that he indicated as “common Christian values can be a light that helps to find the world, protect life and persecute genuine religious freedom.”
In addition, as the Vatican said, the leader of the Catholic Church and Putin also discussed his efforts to achieve prisoners and the value of the work performed by Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppy, the archbishop of Bologna in this regard.
At the last minute of this environment, the Russian presidency advanced a conversation, noting that Putin attracted attention to what he considers to be nod “for the escalation of the conflict” in the fact that he considers “subversive actions against civilian infrastructure in the Russian territory”, which inflicts in mind that it folk attacks that it is lesson, that they are applied during the last attack, that this It devotes, and this, as during the last attack, and this, as it regards, and this, on the last attack, which inflicts on it, and on this, on the last attack, that during the last attack, which over the last attack, and this, as during the last attack, are civilian purposes. ”
“Both parties emphasized the enormous personal contribution of Francis to strengthen relations between Russia and the sacred throne” and agreed to “continue efforts to develop these relations on the basis of general spiritual and moral values in order to build a more fair world order,” the presidency says. In addition, the Russian President stated Russia’s interest in achieving peace in political and diplomatic means, but said that in order to achieve the final, fair and complete decision of the crisis, “it is necessary to eliminate the reasons that caused it.”
Similarly, the Russian presidency department in its statement indicates that the Russian side takes “all possible measures” to gather minors together with their families. He also expresses his “gratitude” to the pontiff for his desire to contribute to the resolution of the crisis and his “depolitized” participation.