Prisoner exchanges - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 09 Nov 2022 21:13:52 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Prisoner exchanges - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Russian ambassador confirms pope helped facilitate prisoner exchanges https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/11/10/russias-ambassador-to-the-vatican-confirmed-pope-francis-helped-facilitate-recent-prisoner-exchanges-with-ukraine-and-said-the-vatican-is-ready-to-act-as-a-mediator-between-ukraine-and-russia/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 06:50:23 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=153958 Russia's ambassador to the Vatican confirmed Pope Francis helped facilitate recent prisoner exchanges with Ukraine and said the Vatican is ready to act as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia. The Italian news agency Askanews reported the ambassador, Aleksandr Avdeyev, said the exchanges of prisoners occur in accordance with the lists of military prisoners of Read more

Russian ambassador confirms pope helped facilitate prisoner exchanges... Read more]]> Russia's ambassador to the Vatican confirmed Pope Francis helped facilitate recent prisoner exchanges with Ukraine and said the Vatican is ready to act as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia.

The Italian news agency Askanews reported the ambassador, Aleksandr Avdeyev, said the exchanges of prisoners occur in accordance with the lists of military prisoners of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; the lists are handed over by Francis.

"In this case, we highly appreciate the personal actions of the pontiff, who is carrying out a very important humanitarian mission that allows hundreds of people to return to their families," Avdeyev said. Read more

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