we already are repeatedly on our airwaves, we discussed the initiative of papyrimskyi to go to ukraine the ukrainians, to go out with white flags, to the russians and start. now, during a speech in st. peter's square in the vatican, pope francis once again called for an end to the war in ukraine and the middle east through peaceful negotiations. let's listen to what the pontiff said. let us never forget that war is always a defeat. the war cannot be continued. we have to make every effort. we pray for it, but we would wanted the pontiff to clearly articulate and clearly say: who is actually waging these wars, why does he not directly address hamas or the russian federation as terrorist organizations and call on them to stop the war in the middle east, and accordingly in ukraine. the pontiff constantly bypasses this topic, he constantly says that it must be done, it must be done, well, if pope francis had been more persistent and straightforward, he would have said: putin, get out of ukraine, stop the war in ukraine, hamas, stop the war in the middle east and let's have peace after all.

volodymyr zelenskyi reacted to papyrimskyi's statement about the white flag.ording to the president, all ukrainians regardless of faith, stood up for the defense of their state. a controversial statement. which was also commented on by the all-ukrainian council of churches, they noted that no one will ever force our state to capitulate. let me remind you that in one of the interviews, pope francis called on ukraine to negotiate, and also stated the need to have the courage to raise the white flag. subsequently, the head of the press service of the vatican tried to explain the words of francis, saying that he wanted to call for a cease-fire, and not for surrender. however, the statement caused a stir. when russian evil began on february 24 this war, all ukrainians came to the defense, everyone, christians, muslims, jews, everyone, i thank every ukrainian chaplain, who with the army, in the defense forces, there on the front lines, protect life and humanity, support both with prayer and conversation, and in fact, this is what the church is with people. and not 2