The Vatican officially confirmed the peacekeeping mission of Pope Francis to establish peace in Ukraine.

Pope Francis instructed Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, President of the Conference of Italian Bishops, to lead in coordination with the Secretariat of State (Government of the Vatican - ed.. ) a mission that will help reduce tensions in the conflict in Ukraine. This was announced on Saturday, May 20, by Matteo Bruni, head of the press service of the Holy See, reports vaticannews..

Answering questions from journalists, Holy See spokesman Matteo Bruni said: "

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Note that according to ZN. UA, the desire of Francis to urgently end the war at any cost is supported by only 9% of Ukrainians surveyed. About 34% of respondents negatively assess the position of the pontiff in relation to the Russian-Ukrainian war.