Pope provokes outrage by saying Ukraine should ‘raise white flag’ and end war with Russia

Francis’s failure to condemn Moscow as aggressor decried as ‘shameful’ and ‘incomprehensible’

said the country should have “the courage to raise the white flag” and negotiate an end to the war with Russia.

Dennis Radtke, a German Christian Democrat MEP, said the word “shameful” could be used to describe the pope’s comments. “His stance on Ukraine reflects poorly on his pontificate. It is incomprehensible,” he posted on X.hat so viel Begeisterung und Hoffnung zu Beginn ausgelöst. Seine Haltung zur Ukraine wirft ein schlechtes Licht auf sein Pontifikat.

In an interview broadcast on Saturday by Swiss television, but which the Vatican said was conducted in February, the pontiff urged parties in the Ukraine war to “have the courage to negotiate”, and do so “before things get worse”.

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