(ANSA-AFP) - VATICAN CITY, MAR 20 - Pope Francis on Wednesday
repeated his call for negotiations to end wars in Ukraine and
Gaza, after remarks about "raising the white flag" sparked
outrage in Kyiv. At his weekly audience at the Vatican, the
87-year-old turned his thoughts to the populations of "the
martyred Ukraine and of the Holy Land, Palestine, Israel, who
suffer so much from the horror of war". "Let us never forget,
war is always a defeat. We cannot go forward during a war. We
must make every effort to talk, to negotiate." Francis sparked
outrage with an interview broadcast earlier this month where,
talking about Ukraine, he praised those who "have the courage to
raise the white flag and negotiate". (ANSA-AFP).
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