Pope Francis meets Ukraine's Zelenskiy at Vatican

Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the San Damaso courtyard ahead of a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Vatican on Friday for their second face-to-face encounter in four months.

The two men, who previously met on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in southern Italy this summer, held private talks for 35 minutes at the Vatican's apostolic palace.