Kremlin says no agreement reached on possible meeting between Putin and Pope Francis

Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience at Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, May 4, 2022. (Reuters/Yara Nardi)

 The Kremlin said on Wednesday that no agreement had been reached on a possible meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Pope Francis for talks about Ukraine.

Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday that he had asked for a meeting in Moscow with Putin to try to stop the war in Ukraine but had not received a reply.

—Reporting by Reuters

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