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Notice how they don't say "Radical Russian Orthodox Terrorists"?
"Why won't Barack HUSSEIN Obama say Radical Muslim Terrorists? Huh? Huh? Huh?!"
Remember that? God...
After supporting Ukraine invasion, Russia's Patriarch Kirill criticized worldwide
As Russian troops and tanks battled Ukrainian forces during the third week of their bloody invasion, prospects of peace appeared to be fading.
Meanwhile, amid the scenes of wanton destruction, the militant stance of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill also seemed to dash hopes of closer ties between his community and the Catholic Church.
"The vocation of every church is to recall basic Gospel principles — Kirill has not only abandoned this, but is actually sacralizing this cruel aggression," Marcin Przeciszewski, veteran director of Poland's Catholic Information Agency, told NCR.
"The old discourse about Catholic and Orthodox leaders sharing in the defense of traditional Christian values all looks like nonsense now," said Przeciszewski. "The only values Kirill is defending are those of Russian imperialism."
https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/after-supporting-ukraine-invasion-russias-patriarch-kirill-criticized-worldwide-0
As Russian troops and tanks battled Ukrainian forces during the third week of their bloody invasion, prospects of peace appeared to be fading.
Meanwhile, amid the scenes of wanton destruction, the militant stance of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill also seemed to dash hopes of closer ties between his community and the Catholic Church.
"The vocation of every church is to recall basic Gospel principles — Kirill has not only abandoned this, but is actually sacralizing this cruel aggression," Marcin Przeciszewski, veteran director of Poland's Catholic Information Agency, told NCR.
"The old discourse about Catholic and Orthodox leaders sharing in the defense of traditional Christian values all looks like nonsense now," said Przeciszewski. "The only values Kirill is defending are those of Russian imperialism."
https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/after-supporting-ukraine-invasion-russias-patriarch-kirill-criticized-worldwide-0
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