Pope Francis said this week he is willing to do 'everything' to help end the war in Ukraine, adding that the Vatican 'never sleeps' in its diplomacy efforts to try to reach a peaceful solution.
"Wars are anachronistic in this world and at this stage of civilization," he told Argentina's La Nación newspaper in an article published on Thursday. He said that two cardinals told him they hoped the war would mostly if not completely end in the first days of May.
"I cannot do anything that puts higher objectives at risk, which are the end of the war, a truce or, at least, a humanitarian corridor," he said."What good would it do for the Pope to go to Kyiv if the war continued the next day?" Russian President Vladimir Putin and Orthodox Patriarch Kirill attend the opening ceremony of the monument to Prince Alexander Nevsky and His Guard at the supposed location of 1224 Battle on Ice, also known as Lake Peipus Battle, on September,11, 2021, in Samolva villiage outside of Pskov, Russia.