Pope Francis’s personal envoy for the Ukraine-Russia war, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, is in Washington this week in an attempt to advance talks on humanitarian relief and peace efforts, the Vatican has announced.
In a communique, the Vatican said that Cardinal Zuppi would be in Washington from July 17-19 along with an official from the Vatican’s Secretariat of State on Pope Francis’s behalf.
“The visit takes place in the context of the mission aimed at promoting peace in Ukraine and it aims to exchange ideas and view on the current tragic situation and to support humanitarian initiatives to alleviate the suffering of the most impacted and most fragile people, especially children,” the statement said.
