The Vatican said in May that Francis had asked Zuppi to lead a peace mission to try and “help ease tensions in the conflict in Ukraine”. Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi headed to Kiev Monday as Pope Francis’ peace envoy for two-day talks with the Ukrainian authorities on the war with Russia, the main purpose of this initiative is to listen in depth to the Ukrainian authorities about possible ways to achieve a just peace and support gestures of humanity that contribute to easing tensions. The move came “in the hope, which the Holy Father has never given up, that this can initiate paths of peace,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said at the time. Can Vatican help to restore peace in Ukraine ?