Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday he had spoken with Pope Leo XIV and invited him to visit Ukraine.
On Sunday, the pontiff sid he carried “in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people”.
“May everything possible be done to reach an authentic, just and lasting peace, as soon as possible. Let all the prisoners be freed and the children return to their own families,” Leo said.
In a message on X – formerly known as Twitter – Zelenskyy mentioned it was their first conversation, “but already a very warm and truly substantive one”.
