FILE PHOTO: Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, President of Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), holds a press conference at the end of the CEI General assembly, at the Vatican, May 25, 2023.  REUTERS/Remo Casilli
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Pope Francis sends Cardinal Zuppi to Kyiv for peace talks

Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who Pope Francis has tasked to carry out a peace mission to help end the war in Ukraine, will visit Kyiv on June 5-6.

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who has been tasked by Pope Francis to carry out a peace mission to try to help end the war in Ukraine, will visit Kyiv on June 5-6, the Vatican said in a statement on Monday.

(Reporting by Alvise Armellini, editing by Cristina Carlevaro)

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