Gretchen Crowe, editorial director for periodicals, shares in this week’s column an experience she had while living in France for a couple years as a kid. During a school outing to ski on the Jura mountains, she had to take a Poma
Father Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P., American editor for Aleteia, arrived in Poland in mid March to help the Knights of Columbus serve the Ukrainian refugees flooding into the town of Hrebenne. The small village, with a population of 209 people, is now
Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Kyiv, Ukraine's besieged capital, has invited Pope Francis and other religious leaders to come to the city and witness for peace.
"The Holy Father has received the letter from the mayor of the Ukrainian capital and is close to
Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a penitential prayer service in St. Peter's Basilica March 25, the Vatican said.
On the same day, the Vatican said, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, will carry out
Monsignor Owen Campion looks at the rich history of Catholicism in Ukraine, despite so much persecution throughout the centuries at the hands of Russia: “The Church reveres Ukrainian Catholics for their fortitude and lauds those who experienced such sufferings, not rarely including
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not invade Ukraine out of concern that NATO would encroach on his borders, but concern about "the disease of democracy that could spread like a virus, and that's deadly for oligarchies and authoritarian rulers," said the archbishop
Russia's war on Ukraine "seems to have changed" the world, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
Since the invasion Feb. 24, the bombings and battles have sent millions of refugees fleeing, led several countries to consider increasing military spending and raised
Appealing again for an end to the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis said those who invoke God to promote or justify violence "profane his name."
"In the name of God, I ask: Stop this massacre," the pope said March 13 at the end
"I've come with the three most sophisticated Gospel weapons: prayer, fasting and alms," Cardinal Konrad Krajewski told reporters in Western Ukraine March 10 as he prepared to head toward Kyiv and other cities under Russian bombardment.
At the behest of Pope Francis, Cardinal
Following news reports about the war in Ukraine is important, Cardinal Michael Czerny said, but meeting the victims of that war -- the people forced to flee -- has a different impact.
"The impact on your eyes when you see (through the media)