The Pope announced his readiness to go to Kyiv, subject to visiting Moscow

He stated this in an interview with the newspaper La Nació.

“I am ready to go to Kyiv.

I want to go to Kyiv.

But with the condition to go to Moscow.

I will go to both cities or neither,” he said.

Earlier, Pope Francis allowed the possibility of abdication due to fatigue or health reasons.

The head of the foreign policy department of the Holy See, Monsignor Paul Richard Gallagher, announced the desire of Pope Francis to meet with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.