President Barack Obama met Pope Francis Thursday, and one of the photos taken evokes another papal meeting. Here is Russian President Vladimir Putin with Pope Francis in November: What makes the ...

Putin has arrived late for all three of their encounters, the last of which was in 2015 when the pope urged all parties to the conflict in Ukraine to make a “sincere effort” for peace.

"The Pope urges the West to listen to Putin and start negotiations with Russia without any preconditions," Leonid Sevastyanov stressed MOSCOW, February 9. /TASS/. Pope Francis watched Russian ...

ROME, May 3. /TASS/. Pope Francis expressed readiness to go to Moscow in order to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in order to discuss the settlement in Ukraine. "Then after 20 days of ...

The leaders of three European countries as well as Pope Francis received New Year telegrams from Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Dec. 30. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic ...

Today many conservative Christians on America's political right apparently admire the current Kremlin regime and, indeed, its leader Vladimir Putin ... The Pope may have been recovering from ...

Pope Francis nevertheless on Wednesday confused statements from German Chancellor Angela Merkel with those from Russian president Vladimir Putin. Francis referred to Merkel, who is stepping down ...