Pope Francis was criticized by the Ukrainian government for mentioning the attack on Daria Dugina. Photo: AFP
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the apostolic nuncio to kyiv, Visvaldas Kulbokas, to they express their rejection of the words of Pope Franciswho a few days ago lamented the attack on Daria Dugina, daughter of Alexander Dugin, a philosopher and political scientist who some consider Vladimir Putin’s ideologist.
“Ukraine is deeply disappointed by the words of the pontiff, who unfairly confronting the aggressor and the victim. At the same time, Pope Francis’ decision to mention, in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the death of a Russian citizen on the territory of Russia, with which Ukraine has nothing to do “, the minister told him. Dmytro Kuleba, to the nuncio in Kyiv, Monsignor Visvaldas Kulbokas, informed the Ukrainian embassy to the Holy See.
The Ukrainian government reacted to the words pronounced by the pontiff at the general audience on Wednesday, where it condemned the attack that killed Daria Dugina last Saturday, without mentioning it though.
“I think of the poor girl who was blown up by a bomb under the seat of a car in Moscow. The innocent pays for the war”, were the words of Pope Francis.
A chain of protests
The first to protest was the ambassador to the Holy See, Andrii Yurash, who tweeted on Wednesday that the papal speech on the war in Ukraine this morning in audience was “disappointing“.
“It made me think that the categories of the attacked cannot be compared to those of aggressors, victims and executioners, rapists and rapists. How is it possible to cite the ideologue of Russian imperialism (Alexandr Dugin) as an innocent victim? Russians as a sacrificial victim e now it’s a war shield“wrote the diplomat.
“At the same time, Pope Francis’ decision to mention in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war the death of a Russian citizen on the territory of Russia, with which Ukraine has nothing to do, is a serious matter,” he adds. the press release. .Kiev diplomacy in a statement.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine drew the Apostolic Nuncio’s attention to the fact that, since the beginning of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, the pontiff he never paid particular attention to the concrete victims of waramong which there are 376 Ukrainian children who died at the hands of the Russian occupiers “, they added.
The note expresses the hope that “in the future the Holy See will avoid unjust statements that cause disappointment in Ukrainian society”.
Recalling the six months since the start of the conflict in Ukraine after the Russian invasion, Francis said Wednesday: “Many injured, many Ukrainian and Russian children have been orphaned. The orphans have no nationality, they have lost their father and mother, who if they are Russians, they are Ukrainians. I think of so much cruelty towards so many innocent people who pay everywhere for this madness, because war is madness “.
The reaction of Ukraine cools the possibility of Jorge Bergoglio going to kyiv as he declared he wanted and at the invitation of the country’s authorities.
Source: EFE
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