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Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki. / Episkopat.pl.Rome Newsroom, May 24, 2022 / 09:27 am (CNA).The president of Poland s Catholic bishops conference has said that the Vatican s approach to Russia is "naive and utopian."Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki made the remark in an interview with the Polish Catholic news agency KAI published on May 23, following a May 17-20 visit to Ukraine. The 72-year-old archbishop was asked about his meeting with Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican s Secretary for Relations with States, in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The interviewer noted that Pope Francis had received a "special memorandum" on the Vatican s "current Eastern policy." It is understood that Gadecki presented the document to the pope during a March 28 private audience.Gadecki told KAI: "In my opinion, the Vatican s approach to Russia should change to a more mature one, since the past and present approach seems very naive and utopian." "Of course, the goa