Vatican Secretary of State Pietro
Parolin said Wednesday a mission by papal peace envoy Cardinal
Matteo Zuppi to Moscow is still a possibility after his two-day
visit to Kyiv.
"Now we will see with Cardinal Zuppi what to do, what further
steps to take," Parolin told reporters.
"On the Pope's part, the idea had started precisely as a mission
to both capitals, so the prospect of (going to) Moscow should
still stand.
"However, now we will see in concrete terms," he concluded.
On Wednesday the president of the Italian Bishops' Conference
returned from a two-day mission to the Ukrainian capital at the
behest of Pope Francis "in order to listen in depth to the
Ukrainian authorities about possible ways to achieve a just
peace and support gestures of humanity that will help ease
tensions".
In what the Holy See on Tuesday described as a "brief but
intense visit" Zuppi met with civil authorities, religious
representatives and President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"The results of these talks [...] as well as the direct
experience of the atrocious suffering of the Ukrainian people
due to the ongoing war, will be brought to the Holy Father's
attention and will undoubtedly be useful in evaluating the steps
to be continued to take both at the humanitarian level and in
the search for paths
to a just and lasting peace," a statement said.
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