The Holy See is trying to reactivate peace negotiations on the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the launch of a book by Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro.
“We are trying to use all our creativity” to reactivate the peace negotiations in Ukraine and “the first step should be a ceasefire”, he said.
This was reiterated by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, speaking to journalists at the headquarters of la Civiltà Cattolica on the sidelines of the presentation of the book “The Atlas of Francis. Vatican and International Politics.”
The Holy See,” Cardinal Parolin recalled, “has a different vision to that of individual states” because it has “a universalist vision” and a different approach to seeking peace.
Pope Francis wants to go to both Moscow and Kyiv, “because he believes that a service to peace can only be done if he manages to meet the two presidents,” Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, added the Secretary of State.
And reflecting on the ten “very intense” years of Pope Francis’ pontificate being celebrated that same day, he noted that “they have given the Church the possibility of being heard in the world.”
On the issue of immigration, which was also the subject of the bilateral meeting between Cardinal Parolin and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the book presentation, according to the Cardinal, it is necessary to “translate” the Pontiff’s indications into the policies of States.
“It has been highlighted,” he said, “how policies many times are of containment, of restriction,” while “we should move to a more open, welcoming policy.”