Coverage dated February 24, 2022 to February 25, 2022
Russian Embassy visited by pope
Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Pope Francis went to the Russian Embassy on Friday to personally "express his concern about the war" in Ukraine, in an extraordinary, hands-on papal gesture that has no recent precedent. Francis later assured a top Ukrainian Greek Catholic leader he would do "everything I can" to help.
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Pope Francis went to the Russian embassy in Rome on Friday to personally express his concern about the war in Ukraine, in an extraordinary papal gesture that has no recent precedent.
A day after President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, Pope Francis on Friday spent more than half an hour at the Russian Embassy to the Vatican where he expressed his concern about the widening war.
For Francis to go to the embassy was a clear sign of his anger at Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and his willingness to appeal personally for an end to it.
In a visit with few if any precedents, Pope Francis met with the Russian ambassador to the Holy See this morning to express concerns about Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Pope Francis went to the Russian Embassy on Friday to personally "express his concern about the war" in Ukraine, in an extraordinary, hands-on papal gesture that has no recent precedent. Francis later assured a top Ukrainian Greek Catholic leader he would do "everything I can" to help.
Pope Francis has made an in-person visit to the Russian Embassy to “express his concern about the war” in Ukraine, in an extraordinary, hands-on gesture.
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