President of the Italian Bishops'
Conference (Cei) and Archbishop of Bologna Cardinal Matteo Zuppi
was received by Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky on
Tuesday during a two-day peace mission to Kyiv, according to the
Cei's house organ Avvenire.
Zuppi and Zelensky allegedly discussed key points necessary for
stable and concrete dialogue.
The meeting was said to have been very cordial.
On Monday the Holy See announced that Zuppi had left on mission
to the Ukrainian capital as "envoy of the Holy Father Francis"
in order to listen in depth to the Ukrainian authorities about
possible ways to achieve a just peace and support gestures of
humanity that will help ease tensions".
The announcement came after Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said
on May 20 that Pope Francis had entrusted Cardinal Zuppi with
leading a mission, in agreement with the Secretariat of State,
that might "contribute to an easing of tensions in the Ukraine
conflict, in the hope that this might initiate paths of peace, a
hope never abandoned by the Holy Father".
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