WelCom August 2023
Pope Francis has said there is no apparent end in sight to the Ukraine war as his peace envoy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, wrapped up three days of talks in Moscow. At the end of June, Cardinal held talks with Patriarch Kirill, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and had a separate meeting with Yuri Ushakov, an advisor to President Vladimir Putin. The Patriarch, a supporter of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the Cardinal discussed the importance of ‘all the forces of the world uniting to prevent a major armed conflict.’ The meeting in Moscow was the first between the Orthodox Patriarch and a papal representative since the beginning of the war.