The Trump administration's new National Security Strategy is at odds with church teaching and Pope Leo's priorities on the transatlantic alliance, climate change, immigration, arms production, nuclear weapons and more.

Pope Leo XIV said President Donald Trump’s plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine threatens to break apart the alliance between Europe and the United States.

Seven months after the Ukrainian leader's iconic Vatican photo with Trump, peace with Russia still seems like a distant prospect.

TW: Mentions details about a devastating war. Vatican’s Pope Leo XIV has a political opinion, and we are here to listen! Pope has claimed that Europe must play a central role in any Ukraine peace settlement,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met Pope Leo XIV in Rome, as Kyiv pushes forward in “diplomatic efforts with the United States to achieve peace”.

Pope Leo and President Volodymyr Zelensky met at a particularly delicate moment in the international effort to arrive at a peace plan that can be accepted by both Ukraine and Russia.

Washington's plan involved Ukraine surrendering land that Russia has not captured in return for security promises that fall short of Kyiv's aspirations to join NATO.