Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín, Pope Leo XIV’s almoner, distributes bread during an Oct. 27-30, 2026, humanitarian mission to Ukraine, where he delivered aid and conveyed the pope’s closeness to communities affected by the war, in Zaporozhzhia, Ukraine. (OSV News photo/courtesy Bishop Jan Sobilo) At dawn on Oct. 29, people were already lining up […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy greets Pope Leo XIV during a meeting at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo Dec. 9, 2025. An Oct. 19, 2026, statement from the Vatican press office said Pope Leo spoke by phone with Zelenskyy, expressing hope that Ukraine and Russia will cooperate on humanitarian aid and evacuations for civilians in […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, after a joint news conference, amid Russia’s continous invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept. 6, 2026. (OSV News photo/Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters) Pope Leo XIV once again appealed for peace in Ukraine and prayed that U.S.-led negotiation efforts […]