Pope Roman ready to visit Donbas after a visit to Russia - Roszma

It is likely that the Pontiff trip to the Russian Federation is scheduled for the spring of 2023. Pope Francis plans to go to Russia in the spring of 2023, after which he is ready to visit the Donbas. This was reported by Roszmi with reference to the head of the World Union of Old Believers Leonid Sevastian, who personally spoke with Ponotifik.

"Pope Roman is ready or on the way to Moscow or back from Moscow to visit Donetsk, visit all the places of eight-year-old tragedies, visit the Angel alley, serve a memorial service there, pray for all children who died in this conflict. Also ready to meet with orphans, With civilians to see everything. According to him, the Pope is ready to visit Russia earlier if the Russian authorities invite him. And he also wants to come to Kyiv, but after a visit to the Russian Federation.

"You need to understand that this visit will not be religious, <…> This visit can be on a secular line. Meeting with the President, meeting with secular leaders. After visiting Donbass, the Pope can go to Ukraine, bring them Russian position, help find common points of touch , he sees himself as a mediator with a neutral position, "the agency's interlocutor explained. It should be noted that the Vatican has not yet commented on the possibility of a pontiff visit to the Donbas.

We will remind, in the Vatican earlier reported that Francis wanted to visit Ukraine in August 2022 after a visit to Canada, which was planned on July 24-30. At the same time, the Pontiff said that at first I would like to visit Russia and meet with the President of the Russian Federation to promote the settlement of a military conflict in Ukraine. As you know, in history, no Pope visited Moscow. Francis himself has repeatedly condemned the full -scale invasion of Russian troops of Ukraine.