#Diplomacy

War in Ukraine. Buonomo ( Lateran University): “The UN lacks concrete action, it must be conceived anew”

The Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University told SIR: “The Organisation must be a place where common issues are addressed…

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 30 years after the war. Di Ruzza (Italian Ambassador): “Italy praised for its constructive and inclusive efforts”

“Bosnia and Herzegovina is looking up to Italy”, said Italy’s ambassador to Sarajevo Marco Di Ruzza, highlighting the excellent bilateral…

Ukraine: Fr Zelazko (Russian-speaking Catholics in Israel), Israel’s mediation is “a drop of peace.”

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s mediation effort meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow last Saturday. The reactions of Israel’s ambassador…

Ukraine. Bozzo (University of Florence): “Putin will not backtrack.”

Luciano Bozzo, professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies at the University of Florence, discusses the latest developments and the…

Ukraine. Apostolic nuncio in Kyiv: “My place is here”

Interview with Msgr. Visvaldas Kulbokas, Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine: “We are more than an embassy. I represent the Pope in…

Ukraine: Pejcinovic Buric (Council of Europe), “this is a dark hour for Europe and everything it stands for”.

Ukraine and Russia. Aldo Ferrari (Ca’ Foscari): “Without negotiations, there is a heightened risk of war”

Aldo Ferrari, expert at ISPI (Italy’s Institute for Political Studies): “Wars break out because those who wage them assume they…

Ukrainian crisis. Msgr. Pezzi (Moscow): “Let us wholeheartedly pray to God to grant us the miracle of forgiveness”

Interview with Msgr. Paolo Pezzi, Archbishop of Moscow, at these critical moments of tension for peace on the Ukraine-Russia border.…

Ukraine. Msgr. Kryvytskyi (Kiev): “We are facing a tense and unpredictable situation, but dialogue must continue”

Msgr. Vitalii Kryvytskyi, 49, Salesian bishop of Kiev-Zhytomyr for the past 4 years, contacted by phone, speaks in a calm…

Pope at audience: “Please: War never again!”

Pope Francis concluded today’s audience with an appeal for peace in Ukraine and a plea not to forget the horror…

Ukraine and Russia. Ferrari (Ca’ Foscari): “Raising the stakes is the most dangerous response right now”

Interview with Aldo Ferrari, from Ca’ Foscari University in Venice: “I don’t expect a war to break out because there…