Pope Francis and the Vatican are urging world leaders to listen to the people's cry for peace, and they have backed an appeal by the head of the United Nations for an Easter truce in Ukraine.
Before Russia invaded February 24, the Bolshov family of Kyiv had a plan in place for how they would leave their home near the airport and what they would take with them. In fact, they left home about four hours before the
Paul Gavrilyuk gets about four hours of sleep a night.
It's a wonder he gets any sleep at all. The Ukraine native and theology professor at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul is working around the clock to help his native
A Ukrainian Marine commander pleaded with Pope Francis to do everything to save the city of Mariupol, which is close to being captured by Russian forces.
"I am turning to you for help because the time has come when prayers are not enough,"
This Lent, pysanky artists from around the world have been selling or donating their intricate eggs to help with the relief efforts in Ukraine, where many of their ancestors were born. Amelia Randich of Scranton, Pennsylvania, raised money by holding pysanky workshops
The ecumenical L'Arche community in Wroclaw, Poland, set up a day care center for Ukrainian refugees, and the children play war games at every opportunity, said Joanna Stasienko, who heads the local community.
"It's terrifying," she told Catholic News Service in early April.
Divine Mercy Sunday, April 24, marks the two-month anniversary of Russia’s unjustified invasion of Ukraine. Since the first rockets were launched in late February, the United Nations reported that, as of April 10, nearly 2,000 Ukrainian civilians have died and another 2,500
Russian forces in Ukraine attacked a Caritas office in Mariupol and a Catholic seminary in a small village north of Kyiv, prompting renewed calls for an end to the war and to the targeting of innocent civilians.
The Eastern-rite Catholic bishops of the United States, meeting recently at the Maronite Catholic Pastoral Center in St. Louis, expressed concern for the plight of Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's ongoing war against their homeland.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said it appeared Ukraine could keep Pope Francis safe if he made a wartime trip to Kyiv, but the pope's safety was not the Vatican's only concern.