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Oswald's avatar

There was never any chance that the "Zuppi Mission" was going anywhere with regards to bringing the war to an end; that level of influence is currently beyond the Vatican and they may never again have the pull on the international stage that they once had. Though the prospect of making progress on the issue of the kidnapped children was always the more realistic goal, and it looks like they may still have a shot at that. I don't expect a complete resolution of that problem even if a breakthrough is made but it looks like they may still be able to salvage something out of this initiative.

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Eddie3006's avatar

Pres Zelenskiy to his credit told Francis in the most diplomatic way possible to not bother Ukraine with the Vatican's likely ill conceived peace mediation. It should be abandoned, barring the prisoner efforts. Gauche words and gestures by Francis and Zuppi caused great offence to not just Ukraine (hailing Peter 'the great' in a speech to Russia's maybe 50 Catholic young people, someone who tortured his son to death and personally murdered a Basilian priest or Catherine 'the great,' conqueror of Crimea, suggests Francis sees the whole region as something primarily Russian).

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