Pope Francis wants to visit Moscow and Kiev after his trip to Canada (Photo Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
After weeks of speculation, Pope Francis has denied rumors of possible resignation, confirmed that he intends to travel to Canada next month and stated that he intends to visit Moscow and Kiev with the aim of helping to achieve peace in the midst of the war unleashed in Ukraine after the Russian invasion.
“It was never in my head. Not at this moment, really,” the pontiff replied when asked, in an interview with Reuters news agency broadcast today. on rumors of a possible resignation during the European summer.
In this context, he repeated that one day he could consider his resignation if his health conditions worsen, but that “we don’t know, God will tell”.
The 85-year-old pontiff was operated on in 2021 for diverticulitis and this year was shown in a wheelchair for the first time due to an injury to his right knee that forced him to suspend his planned trip to South Sudan and the Republic. Democratica del Congo from 2 to 7 July.
“I’m better, I’m getting better little by little“, the Pope said, and he acknowledged that he is being treated with laser and magnetotherapy.
Regarding last year’s surgery, he described it as “a success” and denied the versions of an alleged cancer, which he considered “palace gossip.”
“Serving the cause of peace”, the message of Francis on a trip to Moscow
Francisco, who will travel to Canada from 24 to 30 July, also added that he is studying a visit to Russia and Ukraine on his return from the North American country. “I would like to go, and wanted to go to Moscow first “, he raised when asked about a possible visit to Kiev.
“We exchanged messages about this because I thought that if the Russian president had given me a little window to serve the cause of peace. And now it is possible, after my return from Canada, it is possible that I will be able to go to Ukraine,” he said. he said.
In this context, he said that “the first thing is to go to Russia to try to help in some way, but I would like to go to both capitals. “
The meeting with Elon Musk
The last Friday Francis met the tech mogulco-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and richest person in the world, Elon Musk, for about 40 minutes at his residence in Santa Marta.
It was Musk who confirmed the meeting by posting a photo on Twitter in which he is seen together with Pope Francis and four of his seven children.
The meeting took place on Friday afternoon at Casa Santa Marta and was not on Francisco’s official agenda, like many of the private meetings that the pontiff holds with different personalities in his residence.
According to the Italian media, the CEO of Tesla he wanted to show the Pope his vision on how to best use technology to improve the world.
Honored to have met the pontiffMusk wrote in his tweet to comment on the photo in which he appears with four of his children, born from his first marriage to writer Justine Wilson.
Source: Clarin
