Pope Francis has refused to distinguish between "good and bad" in the war in Ukraine, he was quoted as saying by the Italian daily La Stampa, which reported on the pope's talks with editors of Jesuit European magazines.

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Asked if he was on the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the pope replied: "No, I'm not, I'm just against reducing the complexity of the situation to the distinction between good and bad."

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Francis (Latin: Franciscus PP.), Until his election on March 13, Jorge Mario Bergolio, pope hopes to meet with Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill in Kazakhstan in September, he added.

The pope again called for "real talks" between Russia and Ukraine

In the same statement, he said that we are already "living in the Third World War".

In his Sunday address, the pope also urged people not to "get used" to the war in Ukraine.

"Let us not allow the past to blunt our pain and our concern for these martyrs," he said.

The Vatican announced on Thursday that a July 2nd-7th trip to the Congo and South Sudan has been postponed indefinitely due to problems with the 85-year-old pope's right knee, which has forced him to use a wheelchair for more than a month.

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