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Pope Francis reveals Vatican intervention to end war in Ukraine

October 2, 2025

“I am ready to make every effort. There is a task in progress currently but it is not public yet. When it is public, I will reveal it.”

Here are the most important statements made by the Pope of the Vatican on the mission of peace:

I think peace is always achieved by opening channels. You can never achieve peace through closure. It is not easy. Pope Francis revealed that he discussed the situation in Ukraine with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and with Archbishop Hilarion, a representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in Budapest. In these meetings, we talked about everything. Everyone is interested in the path to peace. Francis has been calling for peace almost every week since Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine in February 2022 and has repeatedly expressed its desire to mediate between Kiev and Moscow, and his proposal has yet to come to fruition. no breakthrough. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met the Pope at the Vatican on Thursday and said he discussed a “formula for peace” proposed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, adding that he had invited the Pope to Kiev. The pope has already said that he would like to visit Kiev as well as Moscow on a peace mission.

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Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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