There is an old expression- " Fools rush in where angels fear to tread," so I hesitate to bring up anything to do with the Catholic church on this site. But I, a gay cradle Catholic who has been in an unchosen love, hate relationship with the Catholic church all my adult life, thought this deserved a mention.
With all the evangelical kissing up to the murderous Putin regime, and in Russia the outright collusion between Patriarch Kirill and the Russian Orthodox Church with Putin and his criminal regime, Pope Francis has condemned the invasion. He has been attempting to rescue the hostages in Mariupol under a Vatican flagged ship, only to be rebuffed by Putin. He has also been rebuffed in his attempts for a meeting with Putin, even offering to travel to Moscow.
Pope Francis has also canceled a long planned meeting with Patriarch Kirill, and it has just come out that in a conversation with the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church the Pope rebuked him for being "Putin's altar boy."
I think Pope Francis deserves credit for this and his attempts to bring an end to this tragic war, which is now threatening the peace of the entire world!
www.cnn.com/...