The Wars and the Pope

Pope Francis will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday morning, news organisations said quoting Vatican on Wednesday.

The Pope has been advising the end of the two on-going wars that have created large-scale humanitarian problems and misery. Earlier on, the Pontiff had urged Ukraine to negotiate and end war with Russia.

As for the Middle-East crisis, countries have already been advised by the Pope to immediately stop the war and avert further humanitarian crises. A few days back, the Pontiff had termed the Middle-east conflict and its resultant human misery as a “shameful inability” of the humanity. 

Both Ukraine and Russia are Christian countries once a single unit at the time of USSR, now fighting for their own rights. On the other hand, Israel and Hamas-Hezbollah war has involved predominantly Christian West and the Jews, vis-à-vis the Islamic few. 

Ukraine President Zelenskiy is also expected to hold talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during his stay in Rome, according to reports.