March 20, 2024 / 12:23 PM
The Vatican has denied information published by several media outlets about a possible visit by Pope Francis to Moscow, the capital of Russia, in June of this year.
The director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Matteo Bruni, assured this March 20 that said information “does not correspond to the truth” and has denied that Pope Francis is going to make this trip to mediate in favor of peace. in Ukraine.
The Vatican spokesperson has spoken after media such as the French newspaper Intelligence Online have claimed that the Russian ambassador to the Vatican, Ivan Soltanovsky, had invited the pontiff to visit Moscow.