Pope, Vance meet forward of US-led diplomatic flurry to achieve ceasefire in Ukraine

After greeting Leo briefly on the finish of Sunday’s Mass, Vance spent the remainder of the day in separate conferences with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU Fee President Ursula von der Leyen.

Leo, the previous Cardinal Robert Prevost, is a Chicago-born Augustinian missionary who spent the majority of his ministry in Chiclayo, Peru, a industrial metropolis of round 800,000 on Peru’s northern Pacific coast.

Within the days since his 8 Could election, Leo has vowed “each effort” to assist carry peace to Ukraine. He additionally has emphasised his continuity with Pope Francis, who made caring for migrants and the poor a precedence of his hold forth.

Earlier than his election, Prevost shared information articles on X that have been essential of the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations of migrants.

Vance was one of many final international officers to satisfy with Francis earlier than the Argentine pope’s 21 April dying. The 2 had tangled over migration, with Francis publicly rebuking the Trump administration’s deportation plan and correcting Vance’s theological justification for it.

Later Monday, US President Donald Trump has deliberate separate cellphone calls with Russian chief Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr, in addition to calls to NATO leaders.