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The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Vatican City

Zelenskyy invites Pope Leo to Ukraine as pontiff urges journalists to report truth

Pope Leo XIV shaking hands with a crowd behind him
Pope Leo XIV wants journalists to focus on reporting the truth rather than engaging in partisan divisions. Photograph: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine as the new pontiff urged journalists to end a polarising “war on words”.

In a post on Telegram on Monday, the Ukrainian president revealed he had spoken to Leo, the first North American leader of the Roman Catholic church, as the new pontiff was finishing a speech to thousands of journalists in the Vatican.

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