Pope Francis is “un-Christian,” NATO worsening South China Sea tensions: Russian foreign minister

Speaking to the media on Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called recent comments on Ukraine by Pope Francis "un-Christian" and hard to understand. Francis, in an interview with the Jesuit magazine America, spoke about what he called the cruelty of Russian forces in Ukraine.

Lavrov responded by saying such statements were un-Christian and incomprehensible.

"(Pope Francis put) two peoples from the Russian Federation into a category from which you can expect cruelty," he said, adding that it "did not help to promote the authority of the Holy See."

Lavrov also accused NATO of whipping up tensions near China in a way that posed risks for Russia. "We know how seriously China takes such provocations, not to mention Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait, and we understand that NATO's playing with fire in these regions carries threats and risks for the Russian Federation. It is as close to our shores and to our seas as Chinese territory," he said.

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