'White flag': Pope leaves bitter legacy in Ukraine

As Catholics around the world mourn Pope Francis who died on Monday, in many Ukrainians, the sovereign pontiff left a bitter taste.

‘White flag’: Pope leaves bitter legacy in Ukraine

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'White flag': Pope leaves bitter legacy in Ukraine

As Catholics around the world mourn Pope Francis, many Ukrainians will remember him bitterly for failing to clearly blame Russia for its invasion and calling for Ukraine to raise the "white flag".

In February 2022, I was surprised by the attitude of the Holy Father, Pope Francis. It is a mystery why he took such an attitude towards Russia. In 2017, Francis initiated the campaign "Pope for Ukraine" in support of the victims of the war in Ukraine. He was one of the few recognizable world leaders who did not turn his eyes away from the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine in 2014-2022. The Church around the world organized collections for Ukrai…

"For Ukraine, Pope Francis was not neutral, he was impartial." Frédéric Le Moal, historian and biographer of Pius XII, analyzes Francis's pontificate, particularly its international aspects, by placing it in a historical perspective. Published on 04/25/2025 at 10:19 PM Zen Reading According to Frédéric Le Moal, "no one can doubt that Pope Francis recognized that the Ukrainians were under attack and the Russians were the aggressors." - Handout / …

Francis's pontificate had many good moments for me. The Pope showed himself as a man who was extremely socially sensitive and deeply concerned about the world around us. As a man who trusts the laity and wants to give them more responsibility for the Church. It is all the more difficult for me to understand why he was unable to take a clear position in the context of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. First, a little personal The article The g…