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DRC bishops’ president denounces ‘sell-off’ of country as government defends pact with US

Ukraine Crisis

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
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

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

Nov 30
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
Crux 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
Nicole Winfield,
Ilia Novikov, Associated Press

In this image made from video, Police and Military Police secure parts of a damaged object shot down by Polish authorities at a site in Wohyn, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Credit: Rafal Niedzielski/AP.)

Pope Leo says NATO ‘has not started’ conflict with Russia

Sep 17
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV delivers his Angelus address over St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Aug. 31, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope demands end to the ‘pandemic of arms’ as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting

Aug 31
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

The Independence Monument is pictured as Ukrainian flags blow in the wind in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 23, 2025. (Credit: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP.)

Pope Leo calls for peace in Ukraine during his Angelus address

Aug 24
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV greets meets people outside the St. Thomas of Villanova Church in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Aug. 15, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV prays for peace as US-Russia summit over Ukraine war gets underway

Aug 15
Derek Gatopoulos,
Nicole Winfield and Andrea Rosa, Associated Press

Pope Leo greets the faithful in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican on Aug. 13, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

As he arrives in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo pledges Vatican support for peace efforts

Aug 14
Charles Collins

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo on July 9, 2025. (Credit: Ukrainian Government.)

Pope Leo renews offer to host meeting between Russia-Ukraine after visit by Zelenskyy

Jul 9
Charles Collins

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