< IMG Title = "Zelensky gave Pope to Leo XIV an icon written on a fragment of the weapons box" Width = "632" Height = "356" SRC = "https://cdn.fakty.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/18/zezlenskyj-podaruvav-papi-ikonu-632x356.jpg" Main-image-thumbnail WP-Post-Image "Alt =" Zelensky, presenting the papil Icon "Fetchpriority =" High "sizes =" (Max-Width: 425PX) 300PX, 632PX " srcset = "https://cdn.fakty.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/18/zez valunskyj-papi-ikonu-632x356.jpg 632W, https://cdn.fakty.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/18/zezlenskyJ-papi-ikonu-300x169.jpg 300W, https://cdn.fakty.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/18/zezlenskyj-popi-ikonu-768x432.jpg 768W, https://cdn.fakty.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/18/zezlenskyj-podaruvav-papi-ikonu-200x113.jpg 200w, https://cdn.fakty.com.ua/wp-content/uPloads/2025/05/18/zezlenskyj-podaruvav-papi-ikonu.jpg 1280W "decoding =" async "/> < p > President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, as part of a visit to the Vatican, handed over a special gift to the pope – the icon of the Mother of God with the baby. < h2 > Zelensky handed over to the dad a special icon
< p > it was created on a fragment of a heavy weapon box brought from under the raisins.
< blockquote >< p > – for many peoples the image of a mother with a child is a symbol of life that must be protected. Today we handed over to the pope to the Roman lion XIV a special icon-God's mother with a baby, written on a fragment of a box from under heavy artillery weapons brought from under the raisins. She is about our children. About those who suffered from the war, who Russia deliberately abducted and deported and whom they are very waiting for at home, in Ukraine, — Zelensky noted.
< p > President emphasized that Ukraine prays for all its deported children and expects the support of the Vatican for their return. – so that everyone – both children and Ukrainian prisoners – return home, he summed up.
< h2 > Zelensky met with dad lion
< P > 18 President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and Pope Lev XIV held the first official meeting in the format of a closed audience.
< p > separate attention was paid to the release of prisoners and the return of Ukrainian children. The Pope assured that he would make all possible efforts.
< p > Vladimir Zelensky and the first lady invited the pontiff to make an apostolic visit to Ukraine.
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