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Pope Leo XIV speaks with reporters on his flight from Beirut to Rome on Dec. 2, 2025.

Pope Leo reveals Mideast peace talks with Trump, Netanyahu, other regional players

Dec 2, 2025

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo XIV said he has already begun “in a very small way” conversations with U.S. President Donald Trump and... Read more

Pope Leo XIV talks to reporters during his flight to Lebanon on Nov. 30, 2025.

Pope Leo says Erdogan talks focused on Gaza and Ukraine, sees Turkish role in peace efforts

Nov 30, 2025

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that he discussed both the Gaza war and the conflict in Ukraine directly with Turkish... Read more

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, meets Pope Leo XIV, along with a delegation of Ukrainian mothers, wives, and teenagers, at the Vatican on Nov. 21, 2025.

Sen. Klobuchar meets Pope Leo XIV to advocate for abducted Ukrainian children

Nov 21, 2025

By CNA Staff

Sen. Amy Klobuchar joined a delegation of Ukrainians forcibly taken to Russia during the war with Ukraine who met with... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican during his weekly general audience on Sept. 24, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV reaffirms 2-state solution for Holy Land, warns of escalating war in Ukraine

Sep 24, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday renewed the Holy See’s support for a two-state solution in the Holy Land and voiced... Read more

Pope Leo XIV gives his Sunday Angelus address from the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square on Aug. 24, 2025, at the Vatican.

Zelenskyy shares letter from Pope Leo XIV on Ukraine’s Independence Day 

Aug 24, 2025

By Courtney Mares

“With a heart wounded by the violence that ravages your land, I address you on this day of your national... Read more

Archbishop Borys Gudziak.

U.S.-Russia summit ignored key moral questions in Ukraine war, archbishop says

Aug 18, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

At the United States-Russia summit, leaders failed to face “the fundamental moral and geopolitical questions” regarding the war in Ukraine,... Read more

Bishop Scott McCaig of the Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of Canada celebrates Divine Liturgy as part of the spiritual retreat for military chaplains in Lviv, Ukraine.

Ukraine visit leaves mark on Canada’s military ordinariate

Jul 13, 2025

By Luke Mandato

Supported by the Poland military bishop, the mission involved roughly 40 military chaplains, many of whom have been dealing with... Read more

Aid to the Church in Need released its 2024 report detailing how it spent $150 million in donations on June 18, 2025.

Report: Aid to the Church in Need spent $150 million helping Christians globally in 2024

Jun 18, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

The international Catholic nonprofit Aid to the Church in Need spent more than $150 million on projects supporting Christians in... Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference after a meeting of European leaders in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on May 10, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV, Zelenskyy hold first phone call about Russia-Ukraine war, Vatican says

May 12, 2025

By Kristina Millare

The Holy See Press Office confirmed on Monday that the two leaders had spoken after the pope expressed concern for... Read more

A damaged bus and vehicles after a Russian missile strike on Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Palm Sunday bombing in Ukraine claims 34 victims, including 15 children

Apr 18, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week. Read more

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican secretary for relations with states.

Vatican, Russia discuss war in Ukraine after drone strike kills civilians in Kharkiv

Apr 4, 2025

By Kristina Millare

Ministers of the Vatican and the Russian government shared a phone call on Friday in which the two discussed global... Read more

Sister Giustina Holubets (left) pictured during a commemorations for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in Lviv, Ukraine, Oct. 15, 2024.

‘Support to the end’: Religious sister brings palliative care to unborn babies in Ukraine

Mar 10, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Sister Giustina Olha Holubets, SSMI, founded the nonprofit organization “Perinatal Hospice - Imprint of Life” in Lviv, Ukraine, which she... Read more

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address via a video livestream from his Casa Santa Marta residence within the Vatican due to a cold on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024.

Pope Francis calls for ‘ceasefire on all war fronts’ at Christmas

Dec 22, 2024

By Kristina Millare

“May the weapons be silenced and Christmas carols resound!” Pope Francis insisted on Sunday. Read more

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, at the Vatican.

At general audience, Pope Francis pleads for Ukraine's children

Nov 27, 2024

By AC Wimmer

“Think of the Ukrainian children and young people who suffer at this time without heating in a very harsh winter,”... Read more

Pope Francis attends a Vatican screening of the 2022 documentary “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” on Feb. 24, 2023.

Pope Francis conveys closeness to Ukraine in letter marking 1,000th day of war

Nov 19, 2024

By Kristina Millare, Zoe Romanowsky

In a letter sent to Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, Pope Francis expressed his great sorrow for the... Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Russian Orthodox Church Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev during a state  ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on Sept. 22, 2016.

Russian Orthodox bishop of Budapest-Hungary suspended following reports of sexual misconduct

Jul 26, 2024

By Kristina Millare

According to the online news site Novaya Gazeta Europe, Georgy Suzuki was sexually harassed on several occasions by the 58-year-old... Read more

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

Vatican secretary of state meets Ukrainian president Zelenskyy

Jul 23, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday at the end of a... Read more

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin meets with Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv on Sunday, July 21, 2024.

Vatican secretary of state brings Pope Francis’ message of closeness to Ukraine

Jul 22, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin will meet with religious and civil authorities, including Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Read more