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Russia-Ukraine War: Pope Francis Wants To Visit Moscow To Talk Peace Pope Francis on Tuesday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been dodging his request for a meeting in Moscow to talk about peace in Ukraine. At the start of the war, Francis made the unprecedented gesture of visiting alone the Russian ambassador to the Vatican, to plead for an end to hostilities. Speaking to Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper, the pontiff revealed that 20 days into the conflict, which began on Feb. 24, the pope asked his deputy Cardinal Pietro Parolin to also pass on the message that…