Pontiff condemns ‘cruelty’ of Russian troops while warning against perception of conflict as good v evil
Pope Francis: ‘We do not see the whole drama unfolding behind this war, which was, perhaps, somehow either provoked or not prevented.’Pope Francis: ‘We do not see the whole drama unfolding behind this war, which was, perhaps, somehow either provoked or not prevented.’Pope Francis has said Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine was “perhaps somehow provoked” as he recalled a conversation in the run-up to the war in which he was warned Nato was “barking at the gates of Russia”.
“We need to move away from the usual Little Red Riding Hood pattern, in that Little Red Riding Hood was good and the wolf was the bad one,” he said. “Something global is emerging and the elements are very much entwined.” He added: “We do not see the whole drama unfolding behind this war, which was, perhaps, somehow either provoked or not prevented.”had demanded Nato rule out allowing Ukraine, which borders Russia, into the military alliance.