Pope Francis would not be so taken aback by Russian violence if he read Dostoyevsky carefully

Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the US, has responded to the Pope’s remark about "Russian humanism".

Source: European Pravda, quoting Markarova’s Facebook post

Quote from Markarova: "The Pope must not have been attentive when he read Dostoyevsky. Otherwise His Holiness would not be surprised by the Russians’ cruelty (which is naturally inherent to the Russian people).

Several other books by Russian writers and poets, including Pushkin, Kuprin and Bulgakov, and even a cursory foray into the true history of our region would have suggested that humanism was absent from Muscovy under Ivan the Terrible’s reign in 1547, during the Sack of Baturyn in 1708, and during every historical event that has taken place since…"

Previously: Pope Francis said that the "cruelty" of Russian forces in Ukraine "is not of the Russian people, perhaps... because the Russian people are a great people." He added that Dostoevsky "to this day inspires us, inspires Christians to think of Christianity."

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Pope Francis to urge Russian President Vladimir Putin, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and the US President Joe Biden to "facilitate the peace process" in Ukraine.

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