Pope Francis' peace envoy to visit Moscow this week

FILE PHOTO: Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, President of Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), holds a press conference at the end of the CEI General assembly, at the Vatican, May 25, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, tasked by Pope Francis to carry out a peace mission to try to help end the war in Ukraine, will visit Moscow this week as a follow up to his trip to Kyiv, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

A statement said Zuppi would be in the Russian capital on Wednesday and Thursday.