Pope Leo XIV called on Russia and Ukraine to resolve the conflict at the negotiating table, APA reports.
"I believe the Church has a responsibility to promote [peaceful] values, constantly calling on leaders from countries like Russia and Ukraine, and others, to sit down at the negotiating table and engage in dialogue to find solutions to these problems without continuing wars that no longer make sense," the pontiff said during a conversation with journalists from his press pool, which includes a TASS correspondent, on his way from France.