Macron meets pope

French President Emmanuel Macron and Pope Francis held talks on Monday, with the crisis in Ukraine and prospects for peace there expected to have been their main topic of discussion, Qazet.az reports according to Reuters.

The Vatican said their private talks lasted 55 minutes but, as is customary, did not specify what they discussed.

Prior to Macron's visit, victims of sexual abuse said the Catholic church was reacting too slowly to a report revealing assaults by French clergy on more than 200,000 children, and urged him to raise the issue directly with the pope.