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Ukraine

The Vatican’s Ukraine peace mission is not over

Many have concluded that the Vatican’s peace mission failed, is it actually advancing after all?

Luke Coppen
Jan 12, 2024
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One of the biggest Catholic stories of 2023 was the Vatican’s effort to help bring about the end of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Vatican peace envoy Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, pictured in 2015. Francesco Pierantoni via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).

In the most high-profile initiative, Pope Francis’ envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi visited what the Vatican sees as the wa…

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