On Tuesday, December 9, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Rome on a working visit and held a meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the pontiff's

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at the Castel Gandolfo Papal residence in Italy amid diplomatic efforts to solve the prolonged conflict with Russia and Kyiv’s refusal to surrender territory to Moscow.

Pontiff expresses 'urgent desire that current diplomatic initiatives bring about just and lasting peace,' as he received in audience Ukraine’s president, says Vatican - Anadolu Ajansı

Pope Leo XIV received the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in audience today at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo.

Pope Leo XIV insisted Tuesday that Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal and criticized what he said was the Trump administration's effort to "break apart" the long-standing U.S.-European alliance.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday prepared to send the United States revised proposals to end the war started

Pope Leo received President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday for talks “focused on the war in Ukraine”.

Zelenskyy and his European allies have repeatedly accused Putin of slow-walking the talks to press ahead with the invasion as his forces are making slow buy steady gains while waves of missiles and drones are pummeling Ukrainian infrastructure.

Ukrainian president highlights coordinated diplomacy, praises Rome’s energy assistance package - Anadolu Ajansı