Pope Francis is forced to be a careful diplomat, - Myroslav Marynovych, Ukrainian activist, former prisoner of Brezhnev camps

Former prisoner of Soviet camps Myroslav Marynovych criticized the Vatican's current position on the Ukrainian issues and words of Pope Francis, who following advisors called the bloodshed in Donbass "fratricidal", not mentioning while Russia as the aggressor.

"The Pope, a brave pastor and moral authority, is forced to be a careful diplomat who is afraid to name the cause of the pain which his flock is suffering. However, I think it’s even more dangerous that diplomacy and reluctance to spoil relations with Moscow has invaded the domain of the Catholic faith. Calls for reconciliation hang in the air if the main prerequisite of all reconciliation, truth, is not secure. If the Church does not establish and defend the truth, it cannot carry out its peacekeeping mission or establish appropriate relations with other sister-churches", Marynovych notes.

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