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In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a local passes by a destroyed apartment building following an Russian air strike in the town of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Credit: Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP.)

On anniversary of Russian invasion, Major Archbishop says Pope Leo understands Ukraine

Feb 24
Charles Collins

Leo XIV prays for “embattled people of Ukraine” ahead of invasion anniversary

Feb 22
Crux Now Staff

Cardinal Pietro Parolin. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Vatican’s top diplomat says Holy See won’t join Board of Peace

Feb 18
Crux Now Staff

People take shelter in a metro station, being used as a bomb shelter, during a Russian drones attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (Credit: Alex Babenko/AP.)

Ukraine is being ‘severely tested,’ Pope Leo says

Feb 4
Crux Now Staff

Residential multistory buildings are seen in the dark during large-scale power outages following Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Credit: Dan Bashakov/AP.)

Pope Leo asks for prayers for Ukraine, as it faces freeze after Russia attacks

Jan 25
Derek Gatopoulos,
Vasilisa Stepanenko, Associated Press

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, arrives to meet with Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope criticizes US bid to ‘break apart’ US-Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace

Dec 10, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Pope Leo XIV wave to journalists during their meeting in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo for the third time

Dec 9, 2025
Paolo Santalucia,
Illia Novikov, Associated Press

En route to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV talks Gaza, Ukraine, potential Jerusalem visit

Nov 30, 2025
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Nov. 18, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV talks Thanksgiving, Türkiye and Lebanon, Ukraine, Violence against Women

Nov 26, 2025
Crux Now Staff

Mark Razvozov, left, listens to his mother Yukiia Dvornychenko, during a press conference on the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the three-and-a-half-year war, at the Embassy of Ukraine in Italy, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Ukraine asks Vatican to formalize mediation role for return of citizens taken by Russia

Nov 20, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Ilia Novikov, Associated Press

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