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Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, attend a news conference following their meeting in Moscow Aug. 25, 2026. The Vatican foreign minister urged Russian officials to end their war with Ukraine and to begin negotiations with the help of the international community. (OSV News photo/Ramil Sitdikov, pool via Reuters)

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Archbishop Gallagher's Moscow visit yields no breakthrough, but hope endures

Victoria Cardiel|Sep 1, 2026|3 Min Read

Cars drive along Tverskaya Street near the towers of the State Historical Museum and the Kremlin in central Moscow Feb. 13, 2025. Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister, arrived in Moscow Aug. 24, 2026, for a four-day visit to Russia, the Vatican's Secretariat of State announced. (OSV News photo/Maxim Shemetov, Reuters)

Vatican diplomat's Russia trip focuses on Ukraine peace prospects

Ishmael Adibuah|Aug 25, 2026|2 Min Read

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Vatican official meets Vietnam’s prime minister during historic diplomatic trip

Courtney Mares|Apr 11, 2024|3 Min Read

Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican's foreign minister, speaks at the opening session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York Sept. 26, 2023. (CNS/Cia Pak, UN photo)

Vatican at U.N.: Risk of nuclear war is 'at its highest'

Justin McLellan|Sep 27, 2023|2 Min Read

Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister, and Mikhail Mishustin, Russian prime minister, attend a meeting in Moscow in this Nov. 9, 2021, file photo. Archbishop Gallagher read a message from Pope Francis in Vienna June 21 at the first Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The pope wrote that nuclear weapons are a "risk multiplier," not a deterrent to war. (CNS photo/Sputnik/Alexander Astafyev/Pool via Reuters)

World free of nuclear weapons is necessary, possible, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jun 21, 2022|2 Min Read

Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister, prays at the site of a mass grave near the Orthodox Church of St. Andrew in Bucha, Ukraine, May 20, 2022, in this still image taken from video posted by the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican foreign minister visits Ukraine in sign of solidarity, support

Cindy Wooden|May 20, 2022|5 Min Read

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov enters a hall with Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states, during their meeting in Moscow Nov. 9, 2021. (CNS photo/Yuri Kochetkov, pool via Reuters)

Vatican’s foreign minister contemplating visit to Kyiv

Elise Ann Allen|Apr 21, 2022|3 Min Read

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states, speaks at the meeting, “Faith and Science: Towards COP26,” with Pope Francis and other religious leaders in the Hall of Benedictions at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2021. (Paul Haring/CNS)

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Papal aide’s Lebanon visit will have political, pastoral tone

Elise Ann Allen|Feb 1, 2022|4 Min Read

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states, speaks in a prerecorded video released Sept. 21, 2021, to high-level U.N. meeting in New York and posted to the Holy See U.N. YouTube page. Archbishop Gallagher said racism and religious bigotry around the world have led to human rights violations. (CNS photo/Holy See U.N.)

Archbishop Gallagher at UN: 'Racism can and must be defeated'

Jonah McKeown|Sep 23, 2021|3 Min Read

The Holy See Secretary of State Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (Richard Drew/AP via Crux)

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Top Vatican diplomat says decline of the West not irreversible

Inés San Martín|Apr 14, 2021|4 Min Read

Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister, listens during a meeting in Minsk, Belarus, in this Sept. 11, 2020, file photo. (CNS photo/Maxim Guchek, BelTA handout via Reuters)

Vatican foreign minister: religious freedom 'being eroded' by COVID-19 response

Catholic News Agency|Feb 24, 2021|4 Min Read

Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher. (CNS photo/Maxim Guchek, BelTA handout via Reuters)

Pope’s top diplomat says gist of new encyclical is simple: ‘No time to go it alone’

John L. Allen Jr.|Oct 7, 2020|4 Min Read

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