Pope Asks Putin for a Cease-Fire for a Ukrainian City Under Siege NYT - Home Page By: Elisabetta Povoledo and Siobhán O’Grady 16 October 2026 at 19:04 Recovering from lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV spoke with Vladimir V. Putin to make a plea for Oleshky, where mines and drones have trapped some 2,000 people who are at risk of starvation. © Alessandra Tarantino/Associated PressPope Leo XIV entering a hospital in Rome before his surgery, on Tuesday.
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