In an interview with Swiss broadcaster RSI, the pontiff urged Ukraine to show the "courage of the white flag" and engage in negotiations with Russia to end the war. However, some interpreted this as suggesting surrender.
Ukraine on Sunday (March 10) rebuffed Pope Francis's call to negotiate an end to the war with Russia, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy saying the pontiff was engaging in "virtual mediation" and his foreign minister saying Kyiv would never capitulate. Francis said that when things were going badly for a party to a conflict one had to show the "courage of.
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