Pope Leo XIV appealed for peace in Ukraine from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday throughout his first Sunday deal with after his election.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Pope Leo XIV, asking the brand new pope for assist in bringing dwelling kids deported from Ukraine to Russia.
The Ukrainian president additionally stated he invited the brand new pope to go to Ukraine and the 2 males “agreed to remain involved and plan (an) in-person assembly within the close to future.”
Zelenskyy stated a go to from the brand new pope “would deliver actual hope to all believers and to all our individuals.”
The telephone name adopted the pope’s attraction for peace in Ukraine throughout an deal with from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday afternoon.
On Monday, Zelenskyy posted on X about his first dialog with Leo, saying he thanked the pope for his assist of Ukraine.
“We deeply worth his phrases about the necessity to obtain a simply and lasting peace for our nation and the discharge of prisoners,” the Ukrainian president stated.
Zelenskyy stated additionally they mentioned “the 1000’s of Ukrainian kids deported by Russia.”
Ukraine “counts on the Vatican’s help in bringing them dwelling to their households,” Zelenskyy stated.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior Kremlin officers have financed and facilitated the transport of Ukrainian kids in Russian-occupied components of Ukraine into coerced foster care and adoptions because the 2022 invasion, in keeping with an investigation launched by Yale College’s Humanitarian Analysis Lab. The Trump administration reduce the lab’s funding in March.
On March 19, Zelenskyy stated he had a constructive, very substantive, and frank” dialog with President Trump about, amongst different issues, “the return of Ukrainian kids who have been taken by Russian forces.”
