Putin to meet Pope Francis in Rome: Ukraine and beyond

... Italy has the primary objective of reaffirming the relevance of Russian-Italian relations under the circumstances of the current Ukrainian crisis, as the Russian President himself firmly stressed in his Moscow meeting with Prime Minister Renzi in March and ... ... Ukraine, and parts of Africa. In many of these conflicts Christians are often target of sectarian and religious hatred. The Catholic Church’s mediating message was reiterated in Sarajevo, where Francis invited Christian and Muslim communities to ...