Conflict in Ukraine

Pope Leo XIV and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held their first telephone conversation June 4 with the pope encouraging Putin to make a gesture to show he is serious about peace with Ukraine, the Vatican press office said.

Pope Leo XIV's offer to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine—an offer Russia has turned down—was motivated by a conviction that the two sides must start negotiating and stop the killing, the Vatican secretary of state said.

Russia has rejected the Vatican's offer to host talks for ending the war in Ukraine, despite international support for the idea.

Optimism abounds in the early days of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy as it appears he could prove to be an important ally of Ukraine and its pursuit of a peace deal as its war with neighbouring Russia endures.

A move to hold talks between Ukraine and Russia at the Vatican appeared to gain momentum May 19, following a call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Thanking Pope Leo XIV for his prayers for Ukraine, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church gave the pope a painting and a list of prisoners the Ukrainians want the Vatican's help in liberating.

Register columnist Charles Lewis sat down with Valeriy Kostyuk is the executive director of the Canada-Ukraine Foundation (CUF) to discuss the three+ years of war that have engulfed Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at the Vatican April 26 ahead of the funeral Mass for Pope Francis.

As President Donald Trump held new talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin March 18, followed by a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine March 19, bishops across Europe expressed alarm at current geopolitical developments.

Excerpt from a speech by His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk at the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies in Toronto on February 25.