{
  "id": 15022924,
  "title": "Pope Asks Putin for a Cease-Fire for a Ukrainian City Under Siege",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/pope-asks-putin-for-a-cease-fire-for-a-ukrainian-city-under-siege",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T19:04:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/world/europe/pope-leo-putin-ukraine-cease-fire.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Recovering from lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV spoke with Vladimir V. Putin to make a plea for Oleshky, where mines and drones have trapped some 2,000 people who are at risk of starvation.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}