Pope Francis: Three years of missteps and errors in judgment on the war in Ukraine

Resolutely pacifist, François had stopped calling for a halt to the fighting, sometimes shocking by words deemed displaced.

Magdalena Biejat expressed her condolences to all the faithful of the Catholic Church. She also expressed her opinion on Francis' attitude towards the war in Ukraine.

In Ukraine, the sovereign pontiff who died on April 21 left more than good memories. Commentators went back to his often controversial attitude about the war against Russia and about the school that some of his statements might have aroused in the country.

Pope Francis tried to weigh, in his own way, on several great fractures of our time. But his impact is not immediately measured, as that of a classical stateman, but in small seeds that can one day germinate in consciousness, without guarantee of success.

Through symbolic gestures and counter-current choices, the pontiff has tried to influence the great crises of our time, from the war in Gaza to the defense of migrants. Read