{"id":588977,"date":"2023-08-29T03:59:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pope-francis-draws-fire-after-praising-russian-empire\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T03:59:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:59:50","slug":"pope-francis-draws-fire-after-praising-russian-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pope-francis-draws-fire-after-praising-russian-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pope Francis draws fire after praising Russian empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/64836b53585361.65411259.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Pope Francis is under fire for recent comments where he <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to praise the Russian empire in an address to Russian Catholic youths, sparking criticism from both state and religious leaders in Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cathmos.ru\/video-zaklyuchitelnoe-slovo-papy-vo-vremya-telemosta-s-rossijskoj-katolicheskoj-molodyozhyu\/\">video<\/a>\u00a0of the end of the pope\u2019s speech posted to a religious website in Moscow, Francis said, suddenly switching from his prepared speech in Spanish to Italian, \u201cDon\u2019t forget (your) heredity. You are heirs of the great Russia, the great Russia of the saints, of kings,\u201d according to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-draws-criticism-extolling-russian-imperialist-tsars-2023-08-28\/#:~:text=VATICAN%20CITY%2C%20Aug%2028%20(Reuters,justify%20the%20invasion%20of%20Ukraine.\">translation <\/a>from Reuters. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Francis made reference to former Russian rulers Peter I and Catherine II, both known to be Russian imperialists who helped Russia expand into Europe. Last year, Russian president Vladimir Putin\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jun\/10\/putin-compares-himself-to-peter-the-great-in-quest-to-take-back-russian-lands\">compared himself<\/a>\u00a0and Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine to Peter the Great\u2019s conquests. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great Russian empire, cultured, so much culture, so much humanity. You are the heirs of the great mother Russia. Go forward,\u201d Francis continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oleg Nikolenko, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, called out Francis\u2019 comments as \u201cimperialist propaganda. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with such imperialist propaganda, \u2018spiritual ties\u2019 and the \u2018need\u2019 to save \u2018great Mother Russia\u2019 that the Kremlin justifies the killing of thousands of Ukrainian men and women and the destruction of hundreds of Ukrainian cities and villages,\u201d Nikolenko said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oleg.nikolenko.50\">translated post<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of Ukraine\u2019s eastern Rite Catholic Church, said it is \u201cwith great pain and concern\u201d to learn about Francis\u2019 comments. Shevchuk said Francis\u2019 comments about Peter I and Catherine II are \u201cthe worst example of imperialism and extreme Russian nationalism.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a danger that these words can be perceived as support of nationalism and imperialism that caused the war in Ukraine today,\u201d Shevchuk\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/head.ugcc\">wrote on Facebook<\/a>. \u201cA war that brings death and destruction to our people on a daily basis,\u201d adding the pope\u2019s comment \u201ccontradict his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> of peace.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/it\/speeches\/2023\/august\/documents\/20230825-giovani-pietroburgo.html\">Vatican <\/a>posted Francis\u2019s entire prepared speech, but left out the impromptu comments Francis made at the end of the speech. Earlier in the speech, Francis urged the Russian Catholic youth to be \u201cartisans of peace\u201d and to \u201csow the seeds of reconciliation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Nexta, a media group in Belarus, called out Francis\u2019 speech, writing in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, \u201cPope <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Francis?src=hashtag_click\">#Francis<\/a> called on the Russian youth to be proud of the Russian Empire, as well as the tyrants and organizers of aggressive wars, Peter I and Catherine II\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, the Catholics of Poland, Lithuania and Belarus raised uprisings three times against this \u2018enlightened empire.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Francis has repeatedly denounced the war between Russia and Ukraine and recently tasked a leading Italian cardinal with a  mission to pave \u201cpaths to peace,\u201d in Ukraine. Ukrainian diplomats, however, have reportedly complained that Vatican leaders don\u2019t come down hard enough on Russia and its leader, according to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-easter-sunday-mass-today-2023-04-09\/\">CBS News report. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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