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President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a delegation of European leaders as he seeks an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Alaska summit has failed to address “fundamental moral and geopolitical questions,” said Ukrainian Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of Philadelphia.

President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska Aug. 15, as Trump seeks to end that nation’s war in Ukraine. 

“I’m always hoping for a ceasefire. … Let’s see how they can reach an agreement because the war has been going on too long,” Pope Leo said.

US Catholic Charities agencies continue to serve those in need.

Trump’s birthright citizenship order is blocked again; new tariffs are in effect; and the military is ordered to make plans against Latin American cartels.

A Franciscan monastery that survived an atomic bombing, the Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention, young adult groups inspired by Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and more were in our news coverage …

Pope Leo XIV tops a new Gallup poll on world leaders, appealing to U.S. residents broadly in a politically divided — and divisive — nation.

An incoming doctor of the church, a “Pilgrimage of Peace” and more are highlights of this week.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and special envoy Steve Witkoff made a rare trip to Gaza Aug. 1, after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would be “going to …