“The timing of this mission, and its modalities, are currently being studied”
Peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, the Pope has entrusted the task to Cardinal Matteo Zuppi. “I can confirm that Pope Francis has entrusted Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna and President of the Italian Episcopal Conference – Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a note – the task of leading a mission, in agreement with the Secretariat of State, which contributes to easing tensions in the conflict in Ukraine, in the hope, never resigned by the Holy Father, that this can start peace paths”. “The timing of this mission, and its modalities, are currently being studied,” he adds.
In recent days, rumors reported that the Pope would have decided, to help the path of peace in Ukraine, to send Zuppi to Kiev and Monsignor Claudio Gugerotti to Moscow. However, yesterday the dicastery for the Eastern Churches, headed by Gugerotti, in a note in the light of the fact that “news about a peace mission, entrusted to the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti ” he communicated that “the Prefect is aware of nothing of what has been said about him”.
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