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ABC NEWS VIDEO LIVE SHOWS GUNS IN AMERICA JAN. 6 Interest Successfully Added We'll notify you here with news about Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn VATICAN'S RUSSIA-UKRAINE DIPLOMACY SEES SETBACKS The Vatican’s Russia-Ukraine diplomacy has suffered two setbacks ByNICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press August 25, 2022, 9:55 PM FILE - Pope Francis, left, reaches to embrace Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill after signing a joint declaration at the Jose Marti International airport in Havana, Cuba o Feb. 12, 2016. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has canceled his pla...Show more ---Show more The Associated Press ROME -- The Vatican's Russia-Ukraine diplomacy suffered two setbacks Thursday when the head of the Russian Orthodox Church cancelled a planned meeting with Pope Francis and Ukraine summoned the papal ambassador to complain about Francis' latest comments about the war. “The Ukrainian heart is torn apart by the pope’s words," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told reporters in Kyiv after the Vatican nuncio was summoned. “It was unfair.” He was responding to Francis' comments about the weekend car bomb slaying in Moscow of Darya Dugina, a nationalist Russian TV commentator and daughter of the right-wing Russian political theorist, Alexander Dugin, who ardently supports the war. Francis listed the “poor girl” killed by a car bomb in Moscow, as well as orphans in Ukraine and Russia, among the “innocents” who have been victimized by the “insanity of war.” Russia has accused Ukrainian intelligence in the bombing, which Ukraine denies. Francis has denounced the war in Ukraine but has tried to keep a door open to dialogue with Moscow, refraining from condemning Russia, President Vladimir Putin or the head of the Russian Orthodox Church by name. His balanced approach has angered Kyiv, but it follows the Vatican's tradition of quiet diplomacy and refusal to take sides in a conflict. That said, Patriarch Kirill canceled his planned attendance at an interfaith meeting in Kazakhstan next month where he had been expected to meet with Francis, according to his foreign envoy, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk. Kirill has justified Russia's invasion of Ukraine on spiritual and ideological grounds, calling it a “metaphysical” battle with the West. He has blessed Russian soldiers going into battle and invoked the idea that Russians and Ukrainians are one people. Francis had confirmed as recently as last month that he would meet with Kirill at the Kazakh meeting, in what would have been the second-ever encounter between a pope and a Russian patriarch. The first was in 2016 and their second had been planned for June but was postponed over the diplomatic fallout of the war. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forge of Empires - Free Online Game If You Need to Kill Time on Your Computer, this City-Building Game is a Must-Have. No Install.Forge of Empires - Free Online Game Undo CombatSiege Game You will never turn off your computer again. Play for free, no install.CombatSiege Game Undo Derila Den mest sålda kudden i världen tar Sverige med stormDerilaTa reda på mer Undo 'Drone Boy' becomes hero in Ukraine after taking out a line of Russian tanks Undo In sign of support, US bombers fly over Dubrovnik, Balkans Undo Poland says grave with WWII soldiers is destroyed by Belarus Undo Synsam Nya glasögon skiftar färg automatiskt: "Vilsamt för ögonen"SynsamProva nu Undo SanaHealth Läkaren säger: har du för mycket bukfett? (Prova detta innan du somnar)SanaHealth Undo Bärbara Datorer | Sökannonser Osålda bärbara datorer säljs för nästan ingentingBärbara Datorer | Sökannonser Undo by Taboolaby Taboola Sponsored LinksSponsored Links Promoted LinksPromoted Links TOP STORIES BALD EAGLE SPOTTED GOING THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY * Aug 26, 1:50 AM GIRLFRIEND KILLS BOYFRIEND BY MOWING HIM DOWN WITH HER CAR, POLICE SAY * 2 hours ago MAN FALLS TO HIS DEATH WHILE CLIMBING ONE OF THE HIGHEST MAJOR PEAKS IN THE US * 3 hours ago POLAND SAYS GRAVE WITH WWII SOLDIERS IS DESTROYED BY BELARUS * Aug 25, 1:45 PM RUSSIA-UKRAINE LIVE UPDATES: ALL REACTORS AT POWER PLANT SHUT DOWN FOR 1ST TIME * Aug 25, 8:28 PM ABC NEWS LIVE 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events ABC NEWS NETWORK PRIVACY POLICY YOUR CA PRIVACY RIGHTS CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY INTEREST-BASED ADS ABOUT NIELSEN MEASUREMENT TERMS OF USE DO NOT SELL MY INFO CONTACT US Copyright © 2022 ABC News Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.