Papal Easter address 2018: the Holy see's foreign policy priorities from the perspective of Russian diplomacy

The article analyzes the principle foreign policy priorities, announced by the Holy See during the Papal addresses «Urbi et Orbi» (in particular, the last one on April 1, 2018). The author proves that they go in line with the Russian position on the main issues of the world’s agenda, such as Middle East settlement, the crisis in Ukraine, political problems in Africa and Korean peninsula, the crisis in Venezuela.