According to an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Pope Francis was told the war in Ukraine will end on Russia’s Victory Day next week.
The pope revealed the information he had heard from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a meeting on April 21.
“When I met Orban, he told me that the Russians have a precise plan and that the war will end on May 9th,” he said.
“I sure hope so. That would explain the speed of the military operations in the last few days.”
But Francis admitted that he has “a bad feeling about it all.”
“I’m very pessimistic. However, it is our duty to do all we can to stop the war.”
The Pope reiterated his hope for a meeting with Russia’s Putin saying that he is still awaiting an answer from the Kremlin.
“First, I must go to Moscow, I want to meet Putin first of all. But in the end, I am just a priest, what can I possibly achieve? I’ll do what I can. If Putin decided to leave the door open.”
