When the anniversary of Russia's invasion falls on Feb. 24, it will be a moment to take stock of the resilience shown by Ukrainians. But it also puts a spotlight on a key role played by the Catholic Church in channeling humanitarian
A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis asked, "Can the Lord forgive so many crimes and so much violence? He is the God of peace."
At the end of his weekly general audience Feb. 22 and with a group of Ukrainian
From the first moments of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the Church in the United States united in praying for a swift, peaceful resolution to the conflict. Within hours of the beginning of the fighting, the U.S. Conference
Ukrainian archbishop, Ukraine’s first lady discuss war, trauma, forgiveness during World Economic Forum
In Davos, Ukraine's first lady and Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak of Philadelphia discussed the physical, psychological and emotional trauma of war, forgiveness, and their dreams for Ukraine's future.
Catholic groups say increasing Russian missile attacks make providing supplies to Ukrainians ‘extremely dangerous’
Catholic aid organizations are warning that increasing attacks by Russian missiles are preventing supply access to Ukraine, after 44 civilians, including four children, were killed when a Russian missile struck an apartment block in Dnipro Jan. 13, and a Catholic volunteer lost
Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby spent three days in Ukraine to show solidarity with the people there. It was the first visit of an archbishop of Canterbury to an independent Ukraine.
The archbishop's meeting Dec. 1 with the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious
The Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocese of Donetsk is demanding the release of two priests it said were arrested illegally in the Russian-occupied city of Berdyansk.
In a Nov. 25 statement, it said Father Ivan Levitsky, a hieromonk and rector of the Church of the
Russia's ambassador to the Vatican confirmed Pope Francis helped facilitate recent prisoner exchanges with Ukraine and said the Vatican is ready to act as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia.
The Italian news agency Askanews reported the ambassador, Aleksandr Avdeyev, said the exchanges
Pope Francis has continued to call on Russian and Ukrainian leaders to negotiate an end to the war, but the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church told him Russia wants only the destruction of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych met Pope
After Ukrainian women were released in a prisoner swap with Russia, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said their stories "simply break the heart, make the blood run cold in your veins."
"This war will go down in history as one in