President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Tuesday, as Ukraine said it was preparing to send updated proposals to the U.S. for ending the war with Russia .

Less than 24 hours after he reiterated that Ukraine would not cede land to Russia , Zelenskyy met with the pontiff before holding talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a day after he met with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany in London.

The Vatican's St. Peter’s Basilica was the setting for an iconic photo of Zelenskyy sitting face-to-face with President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the funeral for Leo’s predecessor Pope Francis in April.

Some interpreted as a sign that relations between the two leaders were warming, two months after Zelenskyy’s disastrous visit to the White Hous

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