Days after Pope Francis stunned the world with controversial comments suggesting Ukraine “raise the white flag” and “negotiate” with Russia, the Polish foreign minister fired a not-so-subtle retort.

“I thought the traditional Christian attitude was to appeal to the wrongdoer to repent and mend his ways,” Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told Newsmax on Tuesday.

Sikorski was in Washington D.C., with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk for meetings with President Biden and other U.S. officials. Sikorski spoke to Newsmax at a press breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

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