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Pope Leo XIV meets with world leaders in historic inaugural gathering at Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with world leaders in historic inaugural gathering at Vatican

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World leaders, including US Vice President JD Vance, are gathered in Rome to attend the inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV, marking a significant moment in the history of the Catholic Church, as an American, Robert Francis Prevost, has been elected as the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

Isaac Herzog
Israeli Government
1. I hope his papacy will usher in a new era of co-operation between all faiths and further strengthen the friendship between Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Ukraine Government
1. We thank the Vatican for its willingness to become a platform for direct negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.
2. We discussed the talks in Istanbul, where the Russians sent a low-level delegation with no decision-making powers.
Leo XIV
Catholic Church
1. The Holy See is willing to help enemies meet, so they may look each other in the eye and so people may be given back the dignity they deserve: the dignity of peace. With heart in hand, I say to the leaders of nations: let us meet; let us dialogue; let us negotiate!
2. In this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, violence, prejudice, the fear of difference, and an economic paradigm that exploits the Earth's resources and marginalises the poorest.
3. The martyred Ukraine is waiting for negotiations for a just and lasting peace to finally happen.
James David Vance
Republican Party
1. I've said repeatedly that I think Europe is an important ally of the United States.