During a meeting with Pope Leo XIV on July 26, Metropolitan Antony, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External ...

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. Both he and Leo suggested the Vatican ...

Pope Leo XIV visited the Paul VI Hall on Thursday to meet with about 310 children and adolescents participating in the “Estate Ragazzi in Vaticano” (summer camp for kids at the Vatican).

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Pope Leo XIV wave to journalists during their meeting in Castel Gandolfo, 9 July, 2025© AP Photo Pope Leo XIV leads the Mass for the Care of Creation ...

Pope Leo XIV met with children and adolescents participating in the Vatican’s summer camp for kids. Some 300 Ukrainian youth were also in the audience.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, walks with Father Lorenzo Sapienza past Swiss guards ahead of his meeting with Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

That same day, Pope Leo XIV proposed that Ukraine and Russia hold peace talks at the leadership level in the Vatican. We’re bringing the voice of Ukraine to the world.

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message ...

Ukraine has been able to verify the deportation of more than 19,500 Ukrainian children to Russia. Only 1,350 have so far been returned home, with each return mediated by a third-party state, notably ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — 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 Leo XIV has been a strong supporter of Ukraine and denounced the "senseless war," meeting recently with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishops and pilgrims. "It is not easy to find words of ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday discussed the Vatican as a possible location to host peace talks to end Russia's full-scale invasion.