Pope Leo XIV prayed for an end to global conflicts Friday, the same day as a landmark meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at brokering an end to the war in Ukraine.
“We must not resign ourselves to the prevalence of the logic of armed conflict,” he said Friday, according to The Associated Press.
The pope did not explicitly name-check the war in Ukraine but has broadly called for peace and a ceasefire in the past.
“Even today, sadly, we feel powerless before the spread of violence in the world — a violence increasingly deaf and insensitive to any stirring of humanity. Yet we must not cease to hope: God is greater than the sin of human beings,” he also wrote on social platform X. “We must not resign ourselves to the prevalence of the logic of conflict and of arms.”
Leo said earlier this week that he hoped the Trump-Putin meeting would result in a ceasefire.
“There must be an end to the violence and so many deaths. Let’s see how they can reach an agreement because the war has been going on too long,” he said in remarks reported by the Catholic News Service.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this week that the Vatican had been one of a few successful mediators in returning small numbers of Ukrainian children who had been kidnapped by Russia.
The pope has also called for an end to other global conflicts, including for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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