LVIV, Ukraine (OSV News) -- Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner and prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, went to Ukraine for the seventh time to open the Mercy House of Shelter for women and children in Lviv on Sept.
BRIEF: WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia received the Cross of Ivan Mazepa from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sept. 21 at the National Archives in Washington. Zelenskyy visited the U.S. capital for meetings
"It destroyed a year and a half worth of work," Auxiliary Bishop Edward Kawa of Lviv said about a Russian aerial attack on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv that has killed one and destroyed a warehouse belonging to Caritas-Spes, the Roman
Former Soviet political prisoners have pointed to "a common enemy," one intent on undermining the cause of Ukrainian-Jewish understanding they worked to achieve, in a recent controversy over a World War II memorial in a Ukrainian Catholic cemetery near Philadelphia.
"For us, this
The Vatican urged members of the U.N. Security Council to be "creative and courageous artisans of peace and weavers of constructive dialogue" to find a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine.
Addressing a meeting of the U.N. Security Council in New York
A Russian aerial attack on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv has killed one and destroyed a warehouse belonging to Caritas-Spes, the Roman Catholic mission of Caritas in Ukraine.
Russian forces launched a wave of Shahed drones over Ukraine during the overnight hours
VATICAN CITY — “Every one of us, in fact, is ‘forgiven,'” Pope Francis declared in his Sunday Angelus address. The Holy Father implored, “let us not forget this, we are forgiven.” Speaking from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis encouraged
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
Without trust, "you can't build a lasting peace," said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations. The archbishop shared his thoughts with The Good Newsroom, the New York Archdiocese’s online news outlet, at an annual vespers prayer
"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