Pope Leo XIV will have a private meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later this Sunday (18), after the inaugural mass in St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican said.
The Pontiff talked to Zelensky last Monday (12), in the first known conversation between the newly elected pontiff and a foreign leader, highlighting his concern with the war in Ukraine.
Speaking moments after this Sunday’s Mass, Leo XIV mentioned Ukraine “martyrized” and asked for a “just and lasting peace.”
Pope Crys for Church Unity
At today’s ceremony, Leo XIV cried out for unity and promised to preserve the inheritance of the Catholic Church and not rule as “an autocrat.”
After a first walk in the Paparmobile in front of tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square, Leo XIV was formally sworn in as the 267th Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign monarch of the Vatican City in an outdoor mass.
Supporters in the crowd stirred the US and Peru flags, with people from both countries claiming him as the first pope of his nations.
Born in Chicago, the 69 -year -old has spent many years as a missionary in Peru and also has Peruvian citizenship.
This content was originally published in Papa Leo XIV should meet with Zelensky this Sunday (18), says Vatican on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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