Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Pope Leo XIV and thanked him for the Vatican’s efforts to help return children taken by Russia during the war.

Q: Cardinal Zuppi, Pope Leo expressed appreciation for the 'schools of peace' initiative, an experience that already belongs to some Dioceses, but he specified that this is, in a certain sense, an urgent task for everyone. How did you receive the Pope’s words, and what, concretely, is being considered to put them into practice?

King’s College President Rev. Thomas P. Looney, C.S.C., Ph.D., joined other local religious leaders in celebrating Rev. Russ McDougall, C.S.C., the college’s former assistant director of campus