# Putin speaks by phone with Pope Leo XIV, Kremlin says

https://mins.news/en/item/103468

- TASS, 2026-10-16 17:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2203289

> Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Pope Leo XIV, the Kremlin press service said. It was their second conversation since Leo XIV became pope.

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