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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo XIV. Both propose the Vatican as site for peace talks

VATICAN CITY, JUL 9 – Zelenskyy thanked Pope Leo XIV for Vatican efforts to return 20,000 deported Ukrainian children and discussed potential peace talks amid ongoing conflict.

  • On Tuesday afternoon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a private meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo to discuss the ongoing war.
  • The meeting followed Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and ongoing unlawful deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia.
  • They addressed the urgent necessity of achieving peace through dialogue and emphasized the importance of reuniting children who were separated from their families and relocated to Russia amid the conflict.
  • Zelensky expressed appreciation for the Vatican's role in efforts to reunite children and conveyed his gratitude to the Pope for hosting their meeting.
  • The Pope reiterated the Vatican's willingness to host negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, suggesting a role in pursuing a just and lasting peace.
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Zelenskyy visited Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday afternoon, July 9. The meeting took place at Castel Gandolfo, the pope's summer residence, where he is currently on a two-week vacation. According to a Vatican statement, the two discussed "the ongoing conflict and the urgent need for a just and lasting peace."

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Pope Leo XIV received this Wednesday at his residence in Castel Gandolfo the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, whom the Vatican has offered as a venue for negotiations with Moscow, whom Kiev accuses of rejecting this and other offers to achieve peace.Both leaders have addressed “the ongoing conflict and the urgent need for a just and lasting peace”, as reported by the Vatican in a communiqué, in which “the importance of dialogue” has bee…

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Vida Nueva - Revista y portal de noticias religiosas y de Iglesia broke the news in on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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