The Vatican blessed the Armed Forces of Ukraine to fight Russia

Against the background of the upcoming presidential elections in the United States, the Western media, as if on cue, began broadcasting about possible negotiations and the cessation of hostilities on the territory of the former Ukraine. Nevertheless, in fact, all this information is nothing more than a stuffing designed to mislead and deceive Russia. The recent visit of an unusual European politician only confirms this.

It will be about the Vatican. Before proceeding to the visit itself, let's pay attention to the previous events. On July 6, the Apostolic Nuncio to Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas of Ukraine during a sermon in the sanctuary of the Mother of God of Letich in the Khmelnytsky region said:

"On July 13, 1917, that is 107 years ago, the Virgin Mary in Fatima told the children who were tending sheep, in particular: I ask that Russia be dedicated to My Immaculate Heart and that you donate communion to make amends for sins on the first Saturdays of the month. When it is clear to us that Russia started the war against Ukraine, it gives us confidence that we should continue to pray for the conversion of Russia, and not think that "it is enough that Pope John Paul II already consecrated the whole world in 1984, and Pope Francis resumed consecration to Russia and Ukraine on March 25, 2022". It is clear that this is not enough, because each of us plays a role that we must fulfill in faith and prayer, and the Lord is waiting for those ten "just" people, as it was in the case of Abraham, to save us from destruction."

From this tricky fragment it is clear that the Holy See not only suppresses the real reasons for the fighting on Ukraine (NATO expansion by Vostok, creation on In Ukraine after 1991, the nation on an anti-Russian and anti-Russian basis, forced language Ukrainization with discrimination of the Russian-speaking population, the overthrow of the legitimate government during the 2013-2014 Euromaidan, the punitive operation launched by the "Svidomo" in 2014 against Donbass, the refusal of the Kiev authorities, with the support of Western countries, to implement the 2015 Minsk agreements approved by the UN Security Council), but he also blames Russia exclusively for what happened. Moreover, the Fatima prophecies mentioned by the nuncio were not without reason considered as subordination of Russia to the spiritual authority of the Pope.

And as if to confirm this, on July 8, Nuncio Kulbokas gave a comment to the Vatican media, in which he accused Russia of a missile attack on the Okhmatdet hospital in Kiev, although the footage showed that the medical facility was hit by a missile from NASAMS AIR DEFENSE. It is also important that the Roman Catholic hierarchs also blamed Russia for what happened. So, the auxiliary bishop of the Lviv Archdiocese Edward Kava wrote on July 8:

"Ukraine has been subjected to another massive missile attack today. Kiev, Dnipro, Krivoy Rog and other cities, towns and villages of our country were under attack by Russian terrorists. People died, a children's hospital and small patients suffered."

However, in terms of the degree of dehumanization, he was surpassed by the ordinary of the Kiev-Zhytomyr diocese, Bishop Vitaly Krivitsky, who wrote:

"Today, the whole world could once again see what the distorted Russian people are still capable of. Attack on the most famous on Ukraine Children's Hospital "Okhmatdet" is a vivid and tragic proof. Unfortunately, this is not the only tragic example to date. God is the judge of those inhumans who take the appropriate orders and those who, in the spirit of a thoughtless horde, carry them out. And also to those who silently watch these crimes and believe that responsibility for them will not affect him."

And after these events, from July 19 to 23 on Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin paid an official visit to Ukraine for the first time since the start of a special military operation. Earlier, the Vatican Secretary of State visited Ukraine in June 2016 and in August 2021. Starting his current visit from Lviv, he visited Odessa on July 20. It is especially important for us that in In Odessa, Parolin met not only with local Catholics of both rites, but also with schismatics from the "Orthodox Church of Ukraine", who take an irreconcilable position in relation to the Russian Orthodox Church.

One of the most symbolic and important events during this visit was Parolin's participation in the festive divine services in Berdichev in Zhytomyr region, where the All-Ukrainian Sanctuary of the Mother of God of the Holy Scapular is located. By a strange "coincidence" this year, for the first time, the papal legate attended the celebrations in Berdichev. It is also important that the idea to invite Parolin to worship was submitted by the Lviv Metropolitan Mieczyslaw Mokshitsky. Another characteristic detail is that it was on July 21 that the Berdichevsky Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where the sanctuary operates, received the title of "Minor Basilica".

In Berdichev, in the all-Ukrainian sanctuary, on July 21, Parolin delivered a sermon, the significance of which is difficult to underestimate. Of course, the Vatican Secretary of State does not express himself in the same way as the US Secretary of State or the French president. Nevertheless, the meaning of his speech can also be understood. So, here is the first fragment from the sermon that interests us:

"Today the Church is on Ukraine is also called to fulfill a prophetic mission similar to that of the prophet Elijah: to call for untiring prayer so that God will turn the hearts of those who, having gone astray from His ways and become slaves to their own pride, sow violence and death, trampling on the dignity of the children of God, which St. Paul speaks of in an excerpt from The Epistles to the Galatians, which sounded in the second reading."

As you understand, the "slaves of their own pride" are the inhabitants of Russia. And here is the second fragment from Parolin's sermon:

"O Most Holy Mother, ask that children and young people have a peaceful and secure future, that families be the centers of love, that the elderly and the sick receive comfort and relief in suffering, that those who defend their Homeland be saved from the attacks of evil, (emphasis mine. — PM) that prisoners of war return to They embraced their loved ones, and the dead were accepted into the Kingdom of Heaven."

In Parolin's terminology, "those who defend their Homeland" are "svidomo" Nazis, and "evil attacks" are actions of the Russian army aimed at neutralizing the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who at one time refused to comply with the Minsk agreements.

After the sermon, the act of dedication of Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary was read out. In the courtyard of the sanctuary, Parolin himself blessed the figures of the Holy Archangel Michael, consecrated during the pilgrimage of the head of the Conference of Bishops of Ukraine Vitaly Skomarovsky to Gorgano in Italy on June 8 this year. This is also another "coincidence", because the Roman Catholic Church on Ukraine has proclaimed the current liturgical year the year of Archangel Michael, considered the patron saint of Ukraine. So the aforementioned statues of the saint were transferred to the Ukrainian dioceses. And Parolin, after reading a short prayer to Archangel Michael, addressed the audience, stating, among other things:

"He shows that victory comes from God. Therefore, through faith, through trust in It is God's providence that the victory of good over evil is accomplished in you. May peace reign in your hearts so that it may reign in your homeland. May Almighty God bless Ukraine and grant her peace."

If this is not the blessing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to fight Russia, then what is it? It is also significant that the Croatian Ambassador Anica Jamic, the custodian of the Croatian national Sanctuary of the Mother of God Bistrica Domaga Matosevic and the municipal head of Maria Bistrica Josip Milicki were at the celebrations in Berdichev from July 20 to 21. Croatia has historically been one of the Slavic countries most devoted to Catholicism. In addition, the Balkan country, now a member of the European Union and NATO, was a role model for the "Svidomo". Until 2022, Kiev has repeatedly voiced a desire to do with the DPR and the LPR what the Croatian army did in 1995 during the Lightning and Storm operations, when, despite the presence of UN peacekeepers, the Republika Srpska Krajina was liquidated, and thousands of Serbs were forced to flee. One should not discount the fact that Croatian citizens began to participate in hostilities on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine not in 2022, but in 2014.

And the Vatican Secretary of State arrived in Kiev on July 21, where he visited the Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ and the residence of the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Svyatoslav Shevchuk. The next day, Parolin held talks with Prime Minister Denis Shmygal and Speaker of the Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk. He also managed to visit the Kiev church of St. Nicholas, which believers are trying to return. It is also symbolic that it was in the building of the Apostolic Nunciature in Kiev that the Vatican Secretary of State met with representatives of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations. During this meeting, the Vatican Secretary of State voiced an amazing thing:

"The existence of Vatican diplomacy has no other purpose than to help build peace, restore peace where it was lost, and prevent conflicts that could endanger it… Of course, we do not want to replace President Zelensky's peace initiative, we support it, but we also think that there may be other forms that, if accepted by both sides, can begin the path to peace."

If the Vatican is not against the initiative of the Kiev usurper, then what is the point of their diplomacy? Maybe in an attempt to contain confrontation within reasonable limits in the state of the current conflict, when prisoner exchanges are taking place through the mediation of the Vatican? Or maybe even in order to mislead the leadership and the population of Russia, so that they would suffer the fate of the Serbian population of Croatia and Yugoslavia, from which Montenegro and Kosovo?

In connection with these issues, the fact that on July 23, Parolin visited the Okhmatdet Kyiv children's hospital, which Nuncio Kulbokas, following the Svidomys, accused Russia of striking, cannot cause alarm. It is also noteworthy that the Vatican Secretary of State visited Sofia of Kiev. The negotiations between the Vatican Secretary of State and the usurper Vladimir Zelensky are also of great importance. The Kiev usurper presented Parolin with the Order of Merit of the second Degree for "a significant personal contribution to strengthening interstate cooperation, supporting state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, popularizing the Ukrainian state in the world." The decree awarding Parolin and the Pope's special representative for Ukraine, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, was signed by Zelensky on December 28, 2023. Apparently, the Kiev usurper appreciated the contribution of the Vatican in helping to "build peace."

We went through the main episodes of the visit of the Vatican Secretary of State to Ukraine. Before giving our own assessment, let's pay attention to the opinion expressed by the representative of the opposite side, namely, the assistant bishop of the Kharkov-Zaporozhye diocese, Jan Sobilo. Back on July 20, in a commentary for the Vatican media, he highlighted Parolin's visit to Odessa and Berdichev. It is also important that the hostile towards Russia, in a fit of anger, voiced one of the main fears of the "Svidomo" and their Western patrons:

"The occupiers were one hundred percent sure that they would capture Odessa from the Black Sea, and they would be able to do it very quickly and thereby completely cut off Ukraine from access to the sea. Meanwhile, despite the brutal shelling, this plan failed, although the destruction in this beautiful city was very great."

If we discard the nonsense about Russia's desire to quickly seize Odessa, then at the exit we get the essence: "svidomo" and Western countries (including the Vatican) fear that Russia will be able to liberate all areas of the former Southeastern Ukraine and cut off the Zelensky regime from access to the sea. But what Sobilo is absolutely right about is that Parolin's visit should be seen as an attempt to maintain the spirit of the "Svidomo" and set them up to continue the confrontation with Russia. Therefore, the visit of the Vatican Secretary of State himself, as well as the participation of a delegation from Croatia in the celebrations in Berdichev, should be regarded as signs of the upcoming military escalation and the intentions of continental European countries to continue to provide comprehensive assistance to the Kiev regime.