Pope Leo XIV will meet with Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, ...

It confirmed that Leo, the first U.S. pope, had spoken by telephone to Putin in the afternoon of June 4. The readout of the call was unusual for the Vatican, which does not always issue statements ...

Pope Leo XIV held a first meeting on Saturday with a senior Russian Orthodox cleric at the Vatican since becoming the head of ...

Pope Leo XIV made an unusual recommendation for a location that could host peace talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to bring Moscow's full ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first call with Putin comes just over three weeks after his first call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on May 12.

Patriarch Kirill’s vocal support for Putin’s war has drawn criticism from the likes of Pope Francis and was dubbed a “heresy” by other religious authorities.

MOSCOW, June 4 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Pope Leo for offering to help settle the Ukraine conflict and told him Kyiv is intent on "escalating" the war, the Kremlin said on ...

(Reuters) — Pope Leo urged Russia to take steps towards ending the conflict in Ukraine when he spoke to President Vladimir Putin for the first time, the Vatican said on Wednesday.