Pope Francis broke with convention on Friday to visit a Russian embassy and voice his concerns over the invasion of Ukraine.
A Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, confirmed the 85-year-old pope's visit to the Embassy in the Holy See in Rome, Italy, and said he spent just over 30 minutes in a meeting where he called for a dialogue to end the war."The Holy See press office confirms that the pope went to the Russian Embassy to the Holy See on Via della Conciliazione, clearly to express his concern about the war," Bruni said, according to CBS affiliate 10 WBNS.
The pope's unprecedented visit broke protocol dictating that ambassadors and heads of state are brought to the pope, rather than the Catholic leader leaving the Vatican premises himself. "The tragic scenarios that everyone feared are unfortunately becoming reality," Parolin said."But there is still time for goodwill, there is still space for negotiation, there is still room to exercise a wisdom that prevents partisan interests from prevailing, that protects everyone's legitimate aspirations and spares the world from the folly and horrors of war.
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