... context.
The current emphasis is on developing joint investment programmes with Russian partners, the so-called transition from the “Made in Italy” brand to the concept of “Made with Italy”, which means localising production in Russia but using Italian technologies.
Following the events held as part of EXPO 2015 Vladimir Putin had meetings with the Pope and with Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella in the Vatican and in Rome. Conversations with the pontiff traditionally cover a very wide range of issues. This time they discussed the situation in Ukraine and in the Middle East, and the position of Christians in the East. During the conversation Putin expressed ...
... preventing his enemies from obtaining a form of moral sustenance that might prove very effective both in the domestic and international realms.
Finally, there is one more issue which is central to the Holy See’s ecumenical vision and approach to Russia: Vatican diplomacy is making all possible efforts to organize an historical conference between the Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow Kirill, possibly on the occasion of the World Youth Day of Krakow in 2016. During his recent visit to Sarajevo the Pope ...
... next meeting, Pope Francis I will ask for a greater Russian political effort to lower tensions and uphold the full accomplishment of Minsk II agreements.
It should be emphasized how Ukraine has always been a country of confrontation and clash between Vatican and Russia, especially for the tensions between Ukraine Uniate Church and Russian Orthodox Church. In more than one occasion, the Orthodox clerics have accused the Vatican to make "unfair" proselytism among believers. The face-off between Catholicism ...
