The Vatican says Pope Leo XIV will hold his first private audience on Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following the inauguration mass.
The pontiff said ahead of the meeting that the “martyred Ukraine”;; was waiting for negotiations for a just and lasting peace to finally happen.
DAILY POST reports that Zelensky was among politicians, royals and faith leaders from around the world who attended the mass inaugurating the start of Leo’s papacy.
The pope, in his Regina Coeli prayer at the end of the mass, also explained that in Gaza, children, families and elderly survivors are reduced to hunger.
The pontiff recalled how in Myanmar, new hostilities have destroyed innocent young lives.
