The special envoy of the Vatican, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, received the Kremlin's consent to visit Moscow, but it is not yet known when exactly the visit will take place. This was announced by the head of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia, Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, in an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper.

 62-year-old Paolo Pezzi has been the head of the diocese of the Russian capital with seventy thousand believers for sixteen years. According to the Catholic archbishop, it seems important that Cardinal Dzuppi came to Kyiv and, perhaps, according to Pezza, will also come to Moscow.

 "It is very important. It was not something to be taken for granted," he said.

 According to him, now any possible dialogue is difficult and there is an opinion that everything is turning for the worse.

 "Recently, I have read very negative statements from both Zelenskyi and the Kremlin about possible mediation. And in such a stagnant situation, the fact that the Pope's ambassador went to Ukraine and received the Kremlin's consent to come to Moscow, although I do not know when, is a sign. that by itself cannot be underestimated."

 The archbishop called it a "counter-trend" - a sign of an open door. He noted that the Holy See explained that the mission to Kyiv is primarily to listen and study proposals.

 You can also see diplomatic intelligence: when one road seems closed, another is ready. And I think it's a good way to not worry about having a solution already, which is very difficult, and instead focus on listening. "That the proposal can be heard from Moscow seems very important to me."

 Pezzi said that according to the information provided by the representative of the Kremlin, the meeting of Cardinal Matteo Zuppi with Putin was not planned, but the archbishop noted that he did not know "whether this means that it will not take place."

 Vatican Special Envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi arrived on a two-day visit to Kyiv on June 5. The press service of the Vatican indicated that the main purpose of his visit is "to listen carefully to the Ukrainian authorities about possible ways to achieve a just world and to support humane gestures that contribute to easing tensions.

 The next day, he met with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi, who discussed with the representative of the Pope the situation in Ukraine and humanitarian cooperation within the framework of the implementation of the Ukrainian formula for peace.