President Trump suggested Monday after a call with Russia's Vladimir Putin that ceasefire negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv should take place in the Vatican, hosted by Pope Leo XIV. Why it matters: This would be a high-profile and potentially risky first act of international diplomacy for the American-born pope.

U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, in his first address to world diplomats, said on Friday that the dignity of migrants had to be respected, possibly putting himself on a collision course with the administration of U.

Vice President JD Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, was part of a delegation meeting with the Pope. In addition to the White House invite, he brought gifts, including two books by St.

President Donald Trump is hoping separate phone calls with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make progress toward a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.

Vice President JD Vance led the American delegation at the Mass after paying his respects at the tomb of Pope Francis after arriving in Rome late Saturday.

In his homily, Leo said that he wanted to be a servant to the faithful through the two dimensions of the papacy, love and unity, so that the church could be a force for peace in the world.