(OSV News) — Russia has rejected the Vatican's offer to host talks for ending the war in Ukraine, despite international support for the idea. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin had offered to "eventually make the Vatican … available for a direct meeting" between Ukraine and Russia, as May 16 talks between those nations in Istanbul ended after just two hours, with little result except for a mutual prisoner exchange. The move was endorsed by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and U.S. President Donald Trump, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirming the Vatican could be a meeting venue for Russia-Ukraine peace talks before meeting May 17 with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi. The Archbishop of Bologna, Italy, Cardinal Zuppi…