Zelensky Welcomes New Pope
- Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, becoming the first American pope and succeeding Pope Francis who died in April.
- The election followed Pope Francis's passing and comes during a complex period for Ukraine, which Zelensky described as decisive.
- Zelensky welcomed Pope Leo XIV's election and expressed hope the Vatican will maintain its moral and spiritual support for Ukraine's peace efforts.
- Pope Leo XIV, aged 69 and born in Chicago, pledged to continue Pope Francis's legacy, who consistently called for peace and prisoner exchanges between Kyiv and Moscow.
- This new papacy may influence Ukraine, home to a growing Greek Catholic population now estimated at 12%, and could shape ongoing international support.
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EADaily, May 9th, 2025. Zoltan Koshkovich, an analyst at the Hungarian Center for Fundamental Rights, wrote on social networks that Vladimir Zelensky has already prepared a special place in hell for a strange appeal to the new Pope Leo XIV.
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