The Russian military invasion of Ukraine began just as the intelligence community in the West said it would, with missiles targeting key military and communications posts near Ukraine’s principal cities: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odessa, even as far west as Lviv. Hours before this
With Russia’s military power appearing ready to move into Ukraine, Michael La Civita, communications director for Catholic Near East Welfare Association, explores the long, shared history of the Russian and Ukraine people. He writes: “A massive buildup of Russian arms, munitions and
As Lebanon reels from the August explosion in Beirut — which leveled much of the port and the Quarantina district that lies adjacent to it, killed almost 200 people, injured another 6,000, and displaced more than 300,000 people — the Church is