{"id":7250,"date":"2024-03-16T22:43:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T21:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=7250"},"modified":"2024-03-16T22:43:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T21:43:07","slug":"the-pope-ukraine-and-the-white-flag-why-was-francis-statement-unfortunate-and-not-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/predication.net\/?p=7250","title":{"rendered":"The Pope, Ukraine and the white flag. Why was Francis’ statement unfortunate and not for the first time."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0 <\/span>Not even the Vatican spokesman’s well-argued reasoning can mask the power of the image – especially when the white flag is followed by words of shame and losers.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/strong>We do not want to lock our\u00a0<\/span>content<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0like most opinion-forming media in Slovakia.\u00a0With your support,\u00a0<\/span>we want to stay open<\/span><\/strong> and narrow the gap between the informed elite and the people who can’t afford it.\u00a0<\/span>The first impression was not good. When the media reported on the Pope’s words on Saturday night to give Ukraine the courage to negotiate\u00a0 under the white flag, it almost looked as if Francis had called on Kyiv to capitulate.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Although in the hours that followed it became clear that the context of the Pope’s statement was broader and deeper, the aftertaste remained.<\/span><\/h2>\n

It is not the first time that the sower’s words did not fall on fertile ground. But not only because of the hardness of the ground but also because of the clumsiness of the announcer himself.<\/span><\/h2>\n

What was heard and when<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Pope talked about Ukraine on February 2, when the staff of the Swiss French-language public broadcaster Radio T\u00e9l\u00e9vision Suisse (RTS) visited him in the Vatican to record a television interview with him, which is to be broadcast on March 20 in the Clich\u00e9 magazine dedicated to culture.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Since the theme of the show is supposed to be\u00a0<\/span>white<\/span><\/em>, journalist Lorenzo Buccella’s questions revolved around the different meanings of this color.<\/span><\/h2>\n

As part of the promotion over the weekend, RTS made part of the interview available – of course, the most explosive – to the news agencies\u00a0<\/span>ANSA<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Reuters<\/span><\/a>, from which other media subsequently took it.<\/span><\/h2>\n