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06-05-2022, 10:39 AM
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/05/pope-ru...-altar-boy
"Brother, we are not state clerics, we cannot use the language of politics but that of Jesus. We are pastors of the same holy people of God. Because of this, we must seek avenues of peace, to put an end to the firing of weapons."
The pontiff recalled telling him not to follow Putin, saying: "The patriarch cannot transform himself into Putin's altar boy."
"Brother, we are not state clerics, we cannot use the language of politics but that of Jesus. We are pastors of the same holy people of God. Because of this, we must seek avenues of peace, to put an end to the firing of weapons."
The pontiff recalled telling him not to follow Putin, saying: "The patriarch cannot transform himself into Putin's altar boy."
