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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Oliver O'Connell

Pope Francis would have been ‘filled with hope’ by Trump-Zelensky meeting

Pope Francis would have been “filled with hope” by the meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky that took place ahead of his funeral, according to the most recent ambassador to the Holy See.

The Pope was deeply concerned by Russia’s war on Ukraine — especially the fate of the 19,000 Ukrainian children deported to Russia — Joe Donnelly, appointed as the U.S. representative at the Vatican by Joe Biden, told Politico shortly after the service.

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