Pope Francis told Russian youths to remember that they are the heirs of past Tsars.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has held up Peter the Great as an example to justify the Ukraine invasion.
The Vatican released the text of the address on Saturday but did not include the last, improvised paragraph. A video of the pope making the comments was posted by religious websites. Last year Putin paid tribute to Tsar Peter the Great, the other Russian leader mentioned by the pope, drawing a parallel between what he portrayed as their twin historic quests to win back Russian lands.
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