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After controversy, Vatican Media defends the pope’s interventions on Ukraine

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I.Media - published on 08/30/22
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Controversy among Ukrainian Catholics erupted after Pope Francis's allusion to the death of the young Russian Daria Dugina.

The interventions of Pope Francis on the war in Ukraine are those of a "voice that rises in defense of human life," not "a political position," says the Holy See in a statement issued on August 30. The explanation comes a few days after the statement of Pope Francis on the death of Daria Dugina, which had caused controversy among Ukrainian Catholic intellectuals.

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