Contributing editor Russell Shaw writes about the relationship between Pope Francis and Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, who has been staunchly supportive of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the attacks on Ukraine. While Pope Francis has wanted to meet
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Here is the Vatican text of the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, sent by the Vatican to bishops throughout the world. Pope Francis has invited bishops and the rest of the world to join
Pope Francis again condemned Russia's war on Ukraine, calling it a "senseless massacre" and "sacrilegious" attack on human life.
"Sadly, the violent aggression against Ukraine does not stop, a senseless massacre where each day slaughter and atrocities are repeated," the pope said March
A Ukrainian priest described escaping from his bombed-out parish in Mariupol and said he still hopes some Catholics will survive the relentless Russian onslaught.
Pauline Father Pavlo Tomaszewski said the decision to leave was not easy, "but when they started shelling the whole
As stories of Russian atrocities against Ukraine fill headlines and social media feeds, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plea for NATO to declare a no-fly zone over Ukraine has begun to fall on sympathetic ears. Accounts of Russian attacks on hospitals and civilian
Pope Francis has asked bishops around the world to join him March 25 in consecrating Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, something bishops in every part of the globe had started announcing the minute they heard what the pope
The Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops March 16 called for "the immediate cessation of Russia's armed aggression and unprovoked war on Ukraine."
"We are witnessing an unprecedented threat to world peace," it said in a statement. "This possibility of
Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill spoke via video conference about the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the hopes for a peaceful solution, the Vatican said.
In a statement released March 16, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the meeting "was motivated by
Asking God to forgive all people tempted by violence, Pope Francis prayed for an end to the war in Ukraine and the fratricidal killing of both combatants and civilians caught in the crossfire.
"Forgive us Lord if we continue to kill our brother.
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