Pope Francis accused of ambiguity. The criticism of the Pope comes straight from some theologians who failed to appreciate several phrases about the war in Ukraine. Among the signatories is the historian Massimo FaggioliGerman Thomas Bremer and Queen Elsner and the Austrian Kristina Stoeckl. In the letter, the theologians accuse the Vatican of allowing the Russian Orthodox Church to use ambiguity as a weapon in favor of the Russian invasion. In short, for scholars, the position of the head of the Holy See is “pretty soft compared to the anti-Russian speeches of many European politicians.”
In fact, Bergoglio had accused the West, going so far as to say: “Perhaps NATO barking at Russia’s door caused the Kremlin chief to react badly and unleash the conflict.” A rage that I don’t know if it is.” Was provoked, but maybe relieved.” Hence the revolt of theologians at the columns of the paper: “The only way to put an end to the manipulation of the Vatican position by the Russian state media and clergy, the professors say, is to” stop producing actions and declarations that can be interpreted to fuel Russian propaganda and make very clear and unequivocal statements: Francis needs to clarify where the Church is Catholicism in Ukraine “.
A stance taken by Pope Francis that is contrary to what was done in the now distant 2014. That year, for example, during ISIS’s campaign of violence in Iraq, he went so far as to say that promoting a kind of laissez-faire pacifism meant being silent and indifferent to the victims. And in this scenario, Bergoglio says he’s ready to meet Wladimir Putin in Moscow: “I have asked Cardinal Parolin to convey the message to Putin that I am ready to go to Moscow”. The goal is once again to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table, but perhaps that’s not enough for theologians.
