Pope Francis warns that the war in Ukraine is powered by competing 'empires' and 'arms industry'

• Pope Francis has said that a number of different empires are powering the war in Ukraine.
• Speaking on Swiss TV, he criticized the forces driving the war, as well as the arms industry. 
• He said he'd offered to negotiate peace with Putin at the beginning of the war but was rebuffed. 

Pope Francis has warned that the war in Ukraine is being powered by several different "empires" besides Russia.