Pope Leo XIV and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Spoke by Phone about a Ceasefire


Pope Leo XIV and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by phone following the Pope's appeal "that every effort be made" for long and lasting peace in Ukraine and that all children be returned to their families, according to the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni.
The phone call follows the Pope's appeal for peace in Ukraine during his Regina Caeli address from St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday afternoon.
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Following the conversation with the Pope, President Zelensky posted on X about his first conversation with Pope Leo XIV, I spoke with Pope Leo XIV. This was our first conversation, but it was already very warm and truly substantive.

Thanked for the support of Ukraine and all our people. We greatly appreciate the words of His Holiness about the need to achieve a just and lasting peace for our country and the release of prisoners.

We talked about the thousands of Ukrainian children deported by Russia. Ukraine is counting on the Vatican's assistance in returning them home, to their families.

Informed about the agreement between Ukraine and our partners that a full, unconditional ceasefire should begin today for at least 30 days, and also confirmed our readiness for further negotiations in any format, including direct negotiations, which we have repeatedly emphasized. Ukraine wants to end this war and is doing everything for this. We expect appropriate steps from Russia.

Invited His Holiness to make an apostolic visit to Ukraine. Such a visit would bring real hope to all believers, to all our people.

We agreed to stay in touch and plan a personal meeting in the near future.

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