Putin speaks by phone with Pope Leo XIV — Kremlin

This was their second conversation since Leo XIV assumed the papacy at the Vatican

MOSCOW, October 16. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Pope Leo XIV, the Kremlin press service said following the call.

"A telephone conversation took place between Vladimir Putin and Pope Leo XIV," the press service said. This was their second conversation since Leo XIV assumed the papacy at the Vatican.