The Vatican’s unholy circus in Moscow

By speaking of abstract “suffering” and “goodwill”, and avoiding plain language on who invaded whom, the Holy See is effectively giving a papal benediction to the Kremlin's primary talking point: that this is a rather complicated quarrel, not a colonial land-grab. That does nothing to pressure Moscow towards peace, it only reduces its diplomatic isolation and blurs responsibility.

September 11, 2026 - Maryna Tymchenko Nurbek Mukambetov