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Russia-Ukraine War: Pope Francis, Zelenskyy Holds Fourth Meeting

Pope Francis on Friday met with Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a private audience at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace.

The Holy Father assures the president of his and the universal Church’s continuous prayers for the people of Ukraine.

New Telegraph reports that the meeting of Pop Francis and Zelenskyy is the fourth meeting since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022.

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The pope gifted Zelenskyy a bronze relief of a small bird beside a flower with the engraved message “La Pace E’ Un Fiore Fragile” (“Peace is a fragile flower”), as well as a copy of his “Message for Peace.”

Zelenskyy also received two books from the Holy Father including the 2020 “Statio Orbis“ and “Persecuted for the Truth: Ukrainian Greek Catholics Behind the Iron Curtain”

In turn, Zelenskyy gifted the Holy Father an oil painting depicting the scene of a massacre that took place in the Ukrainian city of Bucha from the perspective of a young girl named Marichka. More than 630 civilians were killed in the Russian attack.

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