PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he had called Pope Leo XIV and talked about efforts to reach peace in Ukraine and Gaza in his first conversation with the new pontiff.
\nIn their \u201cfirst exchange,\u201d the pair \u201caddressed the efforts to let the weapons fall silent wherever conflicts rage in the world, and in particular for a solid and lasting peace in Ukraine and Gaza,\u201d Macron said on X.
\n\u201cWe share the ambition to reconcile the fight against poverty and the protection of the planet,\u201d the French leader said, adding that he had \u201conce again congratulated\u201d the pontiff on his election as head of the Catholic Church last week.
\nWhile Macron is not scheduled to join the ranks of the world leaders attending Pope Leo\u2019s inaugural mass in Rome on Sunday morning, France\u2019s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is due to attend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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