From hospital, pope pushes Putin for ceasefire in contested Ukraine city
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Trump, 'Putin ascolterà il Papa per far finire la guerra? Credo anche lui lo voglia'Trump, lo zar 'ascolterà il pontefice per far finire la guerra? 'Credo anche lui lo voglia'. Leone riprende in mano i dossier politici. Domenica l'Angelus
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Fri, 16 October 2026
20 reports- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)15:56first to report
Przebywający w szpitalu papież Leon XIV odbył rozmowę telefoniczną z prezydentem Rosji Władimirem Putinem. Ojciec Święty zaapelował o zawieszenie broni oraz umożliwienie dostarczenia pomocy i ewakuacji cywilów z ukraińskiego miasta Ołeszki. O kontakcie poinformował Watykan.
- Polsat News (Poland)16:14
Papież Leon XIV odbył w piątek rozmowę telefoniczną z Władimirem Putinem. Biskup Rzymu wyraził zaniepokojenie sytuacją w Ukrainie, wystosował też prośbę do prezydenta Rosji. Do rozmowy papieża z Putinem odniósł się prezydent USA Donald Trump.
- Dnevnik.hr (Croatia)16:34
- N1 Info (Croatia)16:43
Papa Lav XIV. razgovarao je telefonom s ruskim predsjednikom Vladimirom Putinom i zatražio primirje kako bi se stanovnicima okupiranog ukrajinskog gra
- Tagesschau (Germany)17:25
Leo XIV. ist besorgt über die Lage in der abgeriegelten ukrainischen Frontstadt Oleschky. In einem Telefonat mit Putin ruft er den Kremlchef zu einem Waffenstillstand in der Region auf - kurz nach seiner Lungen-OP.
- Telegram.hr (Croatia)17:33
Iz Kremlja su nakon razgovora priopćili da Putin podržava vatikansku inicijativu
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- tportal (Croatia)16 Oct, 18:56their copy
- South China Morning Post17:47
Pope Leo spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Friday, calling for a ceasefire in a Russian-occupied city in southern Ukraine, as he recovers in hospital from a lung cancer operation. The Vatican said that Pope Leo “expressed his deep concern about the grave humanitarian situation in the city of Oleshky, in the Kherson region, and called for a ceasefire to allow the delivery of food and medical assistance, and the voluntary and safe evacuation of the civilian population”....
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- breitbart.com16 Oct, 16:00their copy
- Ukrinform (Ukraine)17:55
Pope Leo XIV, who is currently hospitalized, spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and called for a truce to allow food and medicine to be delivered to the temporarily occupied city of Oleshky in the Kherson region.
- ncregister.com18:51
Pope Leo XIV and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone while the pope remains hospitalized.
- NYT World19:04
Recovering from lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV spoke with Vladimir V. Putin to make a plea for Oleshky, where mines and drones have trapped some 2,000 people who are at risk of starvation.
- ANSA (Italy)19:07edited after publishing
Trump, lo zar 'ascolterà il pontefice per far finire la guerra? 'Credo anche lui lo voglia'. Leone riprende in mano i dossier politici. Domenica l'Angelus
- ANSA (Italy)19:07
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- Anadolu Agency (AA)19:26
Pontiff expresses concern over humanitarian situation in Oleshky, calls for safe evacuation of civilians
- 24sata (Croatia)19:28
Papa je tijekom razgovora izrazio duboku zabrinutost zbog pogoršanja humanitarne situacije u gradu, u kojem se produbljuje kriza s opskrbom hranom. Pozvao je i na omogućavanje dobrovoljne evakuacije civila...
- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)19:40
Prezydent USA Donald Trump zasugerował, że wkrótce może odbyć rozmowę z papieżem. Deklaracja ta ma związek z piątkową rozmową Leona XIV z Władimirem Putinem na temat wojny w Ukrainie. Trump ocenił, że rosyjski przywódca posłucha pokojowego przesłania płynącego z Watykanu.
- sltrib.com20:14
Recovering from lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin to make a plea for Oleshky, where mines and drones have trapped about 2,000 people who are at risk of starvation.
- Kyiv Post (Ukraine)20:42
Pope Leo XIV urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire in occupied Oleshky to allow aid deliveries and civilian evacuations. The Kremlin blamed Ukraine for the crisis but backed the Vatican’s initiative. Earlier, Ukraine’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets called the city “a death trap,” and said Russian authorities had failed to uphold previously agreed arrangements for a humanitarian mission to evacuate civilians.
- dailystar.co.uk22:00
Pope Leo XIV has issued an urgent ceasefire message to Vladimir Putin in a phone call from hospital, where he is recovering after undergoing lung cancer surgery earlier this week
Sat, 17 October 2026
2 reports- leadership.ng10:11
Pope Leo XIV has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine to allow humanitarian aid to reach civilians facing starvation in
- thebostonpilot.com17:25
(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV spoke by telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin Oct. 16, calling for a ceasefire in that nation's war on Ukraine and humanitarian aid to Ukrainian civilians starvin
Mon, 19 October 2026
2 reports- ABC (Spain)17:13
Después de hablar por teléfono con Vladímir Putin el pasado viernes, el Papa ha llamado este lunes al presidente ucraniano, Volodímir Zelenski , al que ha pedido que colabore con Moscú para alcanzar una «tregua humanitaria» en la ciudad de Oleshki. El Pontífice ya trasladó esta idea al Kremlin durante la conversación con el presidente ruso dadas las condiciones en la localidad, donde los habitantes se encuentran cercados y sin comida.«Hoy, León XIV ha mantenido una conversación telefónica con...
- Le Figaro (France)17:33
Quelques jours après un échange avec Vladimir Poutine, le pape Léon XIV a échangé avec le président ukrainien pour évoquer le cas de la ville d’Olechki, en grande détresse humanitaire.