Pa July 4, Papa Francis adalengeza kuti ali ndi cholinga choyendera Moscow ndi Kyiv mwamsanga. Mtsogoleri wa Vatican amalankhula pafupipafupi ndi Purezidenti wa Ukraine Zelensky koma akufuna kukaonana ndi Putin asanapite ku Kyiv. Amakhulupirira kuti akhoza kukhala wosalowerera ndale yemwe angalimbikitse Putin kuti athetse nkhondoyo.
Kumbali ina ya mzere, ku Moscow, pali machitidwe osiyanasiyana pa lingaliro ili. Mu Unduna wa Zachilendo ku Russia, ambiri amakomera ulendo wotere. Ngakhale muulamuliro wa Purezidenti, zomwe zikuchitika ndizabwino kwambiri, ndipo amawona malingaliro otsutsana awa. Koma sizili choncho mu FSB ndi asitikali. Kumeneko, ndi nkhani ina, ndipo kulowererapo kwa Francis kumawonedwa ndi kukayikirana komanso nthawi zambiri monyinyirika.
Wosewera wamkulu wa kusuntha uku ndi mutu wa World Union of Old Believers Leonid Sevastianov. Sevastianov ali ndi mwayi wopita kwa Papa ndipo amaganiziridwa kwambiri ndi iye, ndipo ndi amene Pontiff Wamkulu angamumvere zikafika ku Russia. Iyenso ndi amene akulimbikitsa akuluakulu a Pulezidenti ku Russia, akumatsutsa mfundo yakuti Vatican ndi Boma lokhalo “losaloŵerera m’ndale” ndipo ndi dziko lokhalo limene lingathe kukhala mkhalapakati weniweni. Leonid Sevastianov ndi Mkhristu wamphamvu, yemwe amakhulupirira kwambiri kuti ntchito yake yauzimu ndikuchita zonse zomwe angathe kuti athetse nkhondo.
Koma kutsutsa koopsa kukuchokera ku Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Moscow Patriarch Kirill. Kirill ndi wothandizira kwambiri pankhondo, ndikuchilungamitsa, monga atsogoleri angapo achipembedzo ku Russia, chifukwa chofuna kuteteza dziko lachikhristu kumayiko odekha a Kumadzulo oipitsidwa ndi magulu ampatuko ndi achikunja, uthenga womwe ukuvomerezedwa ndi Kremlin. Mantha ake akulu ndikuwona Papa akubwera mu "gawo" lake, akulalikira za mtendere. Ngakhale nkhondo isanayambe, Kirill anatsutsa kubwera kwa mutu wa Vatican, ndipo chifukwa chake chinali chomveka bwino: Kirill samaganiziridwa bwino ndi okhulupirira, ndipo samakopa aliyense (kapena ochepa) pamene akuwonekera poyera. Ngati Papa Francisko angabwere ku Russia, zikutheka kuti amakopa akhristu masauzande ambiri kudzamupatsa moni, zomwe zingawononge chithunzi cha Kirill mdzikolo.
Chifukwa chake Kirill akuyambitsa netiweki yake kumbuyo kuti aletse Sevastianov kuti apambane, zomwe zilibe chiopsezo kwa omaliza. Kirill ndi wothandizira wakale wa KGB ndipo sabwerera m'mbuyo ku zinyengo zonyansa kuti akwaniritse zolinga zake. Sevastianov, yemwe kwenikweni ndi mnzake wakale wa Kirill, ndipo adagwira ntchito kwa zaka zambiri ngati mtsogoleri wa St. Gregory Theology's Charity Foundation, bungwe lalikulu la Orthodox ku Moscow lokhazikitsidwa ndi Kirill ndi Metropolitan Hilarion, posachedwapa adalengeza kuti thandizo la Moscow Patriarch kunkhondo anayenera kuonedwa ngati mpatuko, malinga ndi lingaliro lachipembedzo. Si mawu amanyazi mpaka pano.
Hilarion mwiniwake, yemwe ankaonedwa kuti ndi nambala 2 wa ROC komanso anali tcheyamani wa Dipatimenti ya Ubale Wakunja wa Tchalitchi ku Moscow Patriarchate, posachedwapa wachotsedwa ntchito ndikutumizidwa ku dayosizi yaing'ono ku Hungary. Palibe kutanthauzira momveka bwino kwa kuchotsedwa uku: ena amanena kuti Hilarion ankatsutsana ndi nkhondo ndipo analangidwa chifukwa cha izo. Ena amati Kirill adamuwona ngati wowopseza chifukwa adatha kumulowa m'malo ngati Patriarch, ndipo ena amati ndikumupangitsa kuti akhale ndi mwayi wokopa ROC padziko lonse lapansi Kirill atavomerezedwa ndi a UK, ndipo sanapewe zilango za EU chifukwa cha kulowererapo kwa mphindi yomaliza kwa Viktor Orban, Prime Minister waku Hungary.
Komabe, ngati zokambirana za Sevastianov ndizowopsa kwa iyemwini, ndizokhazikika. Sevastianov wakhala akulimbikira kuyambira February, adalandira chithandizo cha Supreme Pontiff ndipo tsopano akupita patsogolo ku Moscow. Inde, ngakhale atapambana kuti Francis apite ku Moscow, funso lalikulu ndilakuti kodi zidzakhudza Vladimir Putin? Mbiri idzafotokoza.
