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Cardinal Parolin: Pope Leo Wants Peace Between Russia and Ukraine, Not a Role in Negotiations

  • On May 28, 2025, Cardinal Pietro Parolin stated that Pope Leo XIV offers the Vatican as a neutral venue for possible peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, without mediating.
  • This offer arose from the urgent need to stop the killing and encourage negotiation, though mediation was not requested by either side, and Russia declined the offer.
  • Cardinal Parolin emphasized that international humanitarian law must apply universally and called for a truce to stop devastation and civilian casualties in conflict zones, including Gaza.
  • He also demanded Hamas release all hostages and return bodies, condemning the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel as barbaric and reiterating the call to end bombardments and provide aid to civilians.
  • The Vatican aims to promote peace and fraternity without seeking prominence, stressing the urgent need for a stable and just peace, accepted by all parties involved.
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America MagazineAmerica Magazine
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Cardinal Parolin: Pope Leo wants peace between Russia and Ukraine, not a role in negotiations

Pope Leo XIV's offer to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine was motivated by a conviction that the two sides must start negotiating and stop the killing, the Vatican secretary of state said.

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La RepubblicaLa Repubblica
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Gaza, the Pope's Appeal: "The Cry of the Parents of the Dead Children Rises to Heaven Ever Louder"

Prevost calls for the end of hostilities also for Ukraine. General Audience, before being believers, we are called to be human being.

·Turin, Italy
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Le MondeLe Monde
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Francesca Melandri: "Selected Empathy for the Suffering Peoples Is a Colossal Ethical Failure"

TRIBUNE. Some defend the Ukrainians and ignore the Gazans. Others do the opposite. Nothing is more dehumanizing than using a war crime to relativize another: it does no good to any of the victims, alerts the Italian writer in a speech delivered in Vienna on 7 May.

·Paris, France
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Anadolu AjansıAnadolu Ajansı
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‘Unacceptable’: Vatican calls for end to Israeli bombardments in Gaza

‘We call for an end to the bombardments and for the necessary aid to reach the population,’ Cardinal Pietro Parolin says in interview with Vatican News - Anadolu Ajansı

·Ankara, Türkiye
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ANSAANSA
Center

What is happening in Gaza unacceptable, stop bombs-Parolin

What is happening in Gaza is unacceptable and the Israeli bombing must stop, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said Tuesday. "What is happening in Gaza is unacceptable. (ANSA)

·Italy
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Vatican NewsVatican News
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Cardinal Parolin: Enough bombs in Gaza; we call for truce in Ukraine

In an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin calls international humanitarian law to be respected in Gaza, urges Hamas to release all hostages, condemns antisemitism, and says the Vatican is willing to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Read all

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Vatican News broke the news in on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
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