Ivan D. Soltanovsky officially began his mission as ambassador to the Holy See, four months after his predecessor left Rome. Soltanovsky, 68, presented the letters to the pope Sept. 18 at the Vatican, and also met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary
After meeting with a Chinese official in Beijing to discuss paths toward peace in Ukraine and ensuring grain exports from the country, Pope Francis' special envoy is expected to return to Moscow, Russia's foreign minister said.
The Vatican said Sept. 14 that the
"Misunderstandings that have arisen between Ukraine and the Vatican since the beginning of the full-scale war, the bishops explained, are used by Russian propaganda to justify and support the murderous ideology of the 'Russian World,'" said a statement released by the Ukrainian
Although Russia's continuing war on Ukraine may make peace seem an impossible dream, Pope Francis urged young Russian Catholics to sow seeds of reconciliation and peace however they can.
Ukrainian Catholic bishop urges Russians to learn lessons from the fate of mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, and choose "true democracy" rather than "an unstable dictatorship."
Russian occupiers launched an attack Aug. 22 on St. Teresa of the Child of Jesus Roman Catholic Church in the town of Skadovsk, located in the Kherson region in eastern Ukraine, Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk of Odessa-Simferopol confirmed on Facebook.
"A group of armed
Unless the Ukrainian army’s current counteroffensive ends in clearcut victory for either Ukraine or Russia -- an outcome that seems unlikely at the moment -- it is possible, though hardly certain, that conditions then will finally exist for a ceasefire and peace
The Russian Orthodox Church is playing a "leading role" in efforts to destroy Ukraine and Ukrainians, said a Ukrainian Catholic archbishop. Led by Moscow Patriarch Kirill, the ROC "has been happy to provide ideological justification" for Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which
As Russia attacks Ukraine's grain exports -- which feed millions in several nations -- a U.S. bishop is calling on global leaders to ensure food security.
Destroying grain is a "grave offense to God," Pope Francis said, appealing to authorities in Russia as "my brothers" and urging them to resume cooperating with a United Nations' initiative to guarantee the safe transport of grain out of Ukraine.