U.S. President Joe Biden will host a Vatican envoy to discuss the war in Ukraine, the White House said on July 17. Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, the archbishop of Bologna and president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, will visit the White House on July 18 "at the request of Pope Francis," a statement said. Biden and Zuppi will discuss the “widespread suffering caused by Russia's brutal war in Ukraine," efforts by the United States and the Vatican to provide humanitarian aid, and the Papal See's focus on repatriating Ukrainian children forcibly deported by Russian officials, the White House said.
