Pope Francis, seen here at the Vatican on Aug. 23, 2023, is being criticized for saying that Ukraine should have the 'courage' to negotiate an end to the war with Russia. (Andrew Medichini/The ...

Pope Leo meets Zelensky, offers to host Ukraine peace talks Zelensky and Leo held talks in Castel Gandolfo, a small Italian hill town near Rome, where the pope is taking a two-week vacation.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday and thanked him for the Vatican’s efforts to help return children taken by Russia.

Pope Francis rallied from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems to lead some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations on Sunday, making a strong appeal for a ceasefire in Gaza and a prisoner swap ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said in an interview that Ukraine, facing a possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and not ...

Pope Leo discussed the war in Ukraine on Saturday with Metropolitan Anthony, a senior cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church, ...

Pope Leo XIV held a first meeting on Saturday with a senior Russian Orthodox cleric at the Vatican since becoming the head of ...

The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo received Metropolitan Anthony, the senior Russian Orthodox Church cleric who chairs its ...

The discussion covered military conflicts, including those in Ukraine and the Middle East. Antony also conveyed ...

2:37 Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets Pope Francis on visit to Italy. Last month, Ukraine’s prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, asked the pope to help get the children returned from Russia to Ukraine.

The pope also reminded people that some countries have offered to act as mediators in the conflict. “Today, for example, in the war in Ukraine, there are many who want to mediate,” he said ...