Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar met with Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 21 at the Vatican as part of a delegation visit from Ukraine that’s asking the church to help return more than 19,000 children who have been abducted during the ongoing war with Russia.

Klobuchar said she spoke with the first American pope for 20 minutes. They talked about the missing Ukrainian children and she thanked him for his support following the deadly Annunciation Catholic Church and School shooting in Minneapolis.

After the shooting in August, which left two children dead and two dozen others injured, the pope sent a personal message of condolence to Minnesota families.

Klobuchar said she and the pope did not speak further about policies around gun violence in America, but said that he had a “deep understanding” for the

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