Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that comes amid strained relations with Rome due to Russia’s ongoing war in ...

Pope Leo XIV will meet with Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, ...

The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo received Metropolitan Anthony, the senior Russian Orthodox Church cleric who chairs its ...

On June 4, Pope Leo XIV had a phone call with Vladimir Putin, asking the president to open the gates of peace with a pastoral plea for dialogue. Despite the Vatican’s hopeful tone, Russia’s ...

Pope Leo XIV has called on Russia to take steps towards ending the war in Ukraine during his first conversation with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. Source: Vatican News, as reported by European ...

Pope Leo XIV called the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. The pontiff urged the Kremlin leader to support peace with Ukraine, states the director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni ...

In their first call, Pope Leo emphasized dialogue with Putin about the Ukraine war, while the Kremlin leader claimed Kyiv was escalating the conflict after recent infrastructure attacks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a rare and “constructive” phone call with Pope Leo XIV, accusing Ukraine of deliberately escalating the conflict by sabotaging civilian infrastructure ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is “not ready for compromises” to end his brutal war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ...