LONDON — Pope Francis was admitted to a Rome hospital for abdominal surgery on Wednesday afternoon after developing a painful ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky met with a special representative of Pope Francis, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, in Kyiv on June 6.

Pope Francis’ peace envoy to Ukraine met President Volodymyr Zelensky amid breaking news of the destruction of a critical dam ...

Pope Francis first revealed that a mission aimed at stopping the war between Russia and Ukraine “is underway” on April 30. In the following days, spokespersons for both Presidents Vladimir ...

The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis is undergoing abdominal surgery at a hospital in Rome, where he is expected ...

for the Vatican insists on maintaining its links to the Ukrainian jurisdiction linked to Russia, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Moscow Patriarchate. And while Pope Francis has assured the bishops ...

Francis, using a cane for his knee ... Last month, Ukraine's prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, asked the pope to help get the children returned from Russia to Ukraine. But the Vatican's written ...

The pope last met Zelensky in 2020 - before Russia launched its invasion in February 2022 - and Francis' statements about the war have occasionally raised eyebrows. On April 30, the pontiff ...

Pope Francis exchanges gifts with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, during a private audience at the Vatican.

Pope Francis offers help repatriating Ukrainian children from Russia as Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets select leaders in Italy Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked Pope Francis on Saturday to back Kyiv’s peace ...

Pope Francis last week told editors of the European ... it was reported Tuesday by La Civilta Cattolica. Perhaps Russia's invasion of Ukraine “was provoked or not prevented,” the Argentine ...

Pope Francis offers help repatriating Ukrainian children from Russia as Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets select leaders in Italy Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked Pope Francis on Saturday to back Kyiv’s peace ...