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Pope's Envoy Zuppi to Meet With Patriarch Kirill in Moscow on Thursday

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ROME (Sputnik) - Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis' peace envoy for Ukraine, will hold a meeting with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on Thursday, Apostolic Nuncio to Russia Giovanni d’Aniello said.
"[On Thursday] afternoon, we will meet with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, and in the evening there will be a church service, during which the cardinal will meet with the Catholic community," d’Aniello told the Rainews24 broadcaster.
On Wednesday, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis' peace envoy for Ukraine, arrived in Moscow.
Earlier in the week, the Holy See said that the goal of Zuppi's visit would be to "encourage gestures of humanity, that may contribute to promoting a solution to the tragic current situation, and to find ways to reach a just peace."
In late May, Holy See spokesperson Matteo Bruni said that Pope Francis had instructed Zuppi to carry out a mission that would contribute to easing tensions in the Ukraine conflict and pave the way for peace.
Pope Francis arrives to a meeting with the Academic and Cultural world at the faculty of Information technology and Bionics of the Catholic University 'Peter Pazmany' during his visit in Budapest on April 30, 2023 - Sputnik International, 1920, 13.05.2023
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