Mar 10, 2024 · Ukrainian and European officials slammed over the weekend comments by Pope Francis, who in an interview published Saturday had said Kyiv should negotiate with Russia to end the fighting.

2 days ago · Rome Newsroom, Feb 1, 2025 / 16:09 pm. Pope Francis urged Ukrainian youth on Saturday to persist in dialogue and patriotism while acknowledging the profound challenges of forgiveness amid ongoing ...

1 day ago · Holding up a pocket-sized Gospel with a camouflage cover, the Pope recalled Oleksandr, the young Ukrainian soldier who carried this Gospel to the frontlines before his death. He had underlined Psalm 129: "Out of the depths I cry to You, Lord; Lord, hear my voice." "Oleksandr is one of you," the Pope said.

Mar 9, 2024 · Pope on war in Ukraine: 'Do not be ashamed to negotiate' In an interview to a Swiss TV station, Pope Francis reflects at length on various aspects of war and its devastating effects, noting that it takes two sides to make war and encouraging negotiations to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Mar 9, 2024 · Pope Francis has said in an interview that Ukraine, facing possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and not be ashamed to sit at the same table to carry out peace talks.

ROME, March 9 (Reuters) - Pope Francis has said in an interview that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the "white flag" and negotiate an end to the war with Russia that...

Aug 25, 2024 · VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched," Pope Francis said about a Ukrainian law banning the Russian Orthodox Church, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Aug. 24, Ukrainian independence day.

Dec 25, 2024 · Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Wednesday called for talks between Ukraine and Russia to end the war that followed Moscow's full-scale invasion two years ago and has killed tens of...

Oct 11, 2024 · Pope Francis met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a private audience at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Friday morning, assuring the political leader of his and the universal...

Feb 25, 2024 · Pope Francis notes the anniversary of the beginning of the large-scale war in Ukraine, and pleads for a diplomatic solution aimed at “a just and lasting peace.”