| More inanities from the Parlour Pink pope. |
...Argentine liberation theologist, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He was elected pope in 2013. Rather than setting up shop in Avignon, where he belongs, the first Jesuit Pope chose to reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse instead of the papal apartments. He is big on climate change, against consumerism, and in favor of throwing a blanket over homosexual activity (so to speak) within the clergy. He's not real sure about the Resurrection, about Christ's divinity, and a few other things that would have gotten him burned at the stake a few hundred years ago, but he's hot for a certain South American Earth Mother Goddess...has taken a new series of swipes at Russia for its actions in Ukraine, saying its troops were brutal, cruel and ferocious, while praising "brave" Ukrainians for fighting for survival.
But in the text of a conversation he had last month with editors of Jesuit media and published on Tuesday, he also said the situation was not black and white and that the war was "perhaps in some way provoked."
While condemning "the ferocity, the cruelty of Russian troops, we must not forget the real problems if we want them to be solved," Francis said, including the armaments industry among the factors that provide incentives for war.
"It is also true that the Russians thought it would all be over in a week. But they miscalculated. They encountered a brave people, a people who are struggling to survive and who have a history of struggle," he said.
Francis then said in his own words: "We do not see the whole drama unfolding behind this war, which was perhaps somehow either provoked or not prevented."
Asking himself rhetorically if that made him "pro-Putin," he said "No, I am not. It would be simplistic and wrong to say such a thing."
Related:
Pope Francis: 2022-06-13 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 12th, 2022
Pope Francis: 2022-06-08 Nigeria church 'terror' attack death toll climbs to 22
Pope Francis: 2022-06-07 Inside Mafia Down Under: THOUSANDS of mobsters from notorious Italian gangs are found living secretly in Australia after Trojan horse app exposed 51 crime groups
Pope Francis: 2022-06-13 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 12th, 2022
Pope Francis: 2022-06-08 Nigeria church 'terror' attack death toll climbs to 22
Pope Francis: 2022-06-07 Inside Mafia Down Under: THOUSANDS of mobsters from notorious Italian gangs are found living secretly in Australia after Trojan horse app exposed 51 crime groups