[Sundaycommunity] To stop Russian manipulation, Francis must make Vatican's stand on Ukraine clear | National Catholic Reporter

[Catherine Walther]

The UN forded are not used for aggression. Just defence. That’s the
difference between Russia and the UN or neutral countries. Russia thinks he
needs to take over the country next to him. The UN is not trying to take
over any countries. The countries in the UN want peace but will come to the
aid of a country that’s being attacked. The countries in the UN respect the
separateness of each country. Russia doesn’t and will continue to eat up
the smaller countries on its borders to make Russia greater.  Ukraine did
not start the war, it is fighting back against Russia’s aggression. There’s
a huge difference.
I believe Pope Francis used that one sentence so that he could be listened
to by Russia. Other than that one sentence everything else he has said is
asking for the war to stop and condemning aggression from any country. He
is trying his best to enhance peace and gets jumped on by people who are
for Russia. Catherine

On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 11:35 AM Art Blomme <art at integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Hi John
> I Hope you are well.
>
> This NCR article appears to be the RC version of the Daily Beast article I
> sent out last week.
>
> Maybe Francis realizes as do I that  Ukraine's war is a product of US and
> Canada aggression.  Canada has been providing military aid and selling
> armaments to the Ukraine ever since the US and Canadian backed coup in
> 2014.
>
> My guess is that NCR is just another Imperial controled media outlet that
> is pushing the dominant narative manufacturing consent for regime change in
> Russia.
>
> It gives me hope that the Pope can see through the fog of war propaganda.
>
> The truth will set us free.
>
> Art
>
>
> On May 11, 2022 2:30 p.m., John Huot <jdhuot at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To stop Russian manipulation, Francis must make Vatican's stand on Ukraine
> clear | National Catholic Reporter
>
> Hi everyone,
> This strikes me as an important, but sympathetic, , critique of Pope
> Francis’ public statements & symbolic gestures about the war in Ukraine.
> The main point of the article  is that Francis’ statements have been open
> to manipulation by Russia & the Russian Orthodox church, thereby creating
> confusion in Ukraine & elsewhere about Francis’ intent to condemn the
> Russian war of aggression, while advocating for an end to the war through
> negotiation & humanitarian actions by Russia to end civilian deaths, allow
> civilians to safely exit, cease fires etc.
> John
>
>
> https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/stop-russian-manipulation-francis-must-make-vaticans-stand-ukraine-clear?utm_source=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_campaign=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_medium=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_term=PANTHEON_STRIPPED
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