A Jesuit priest who directs an ecumenical institute in Jerusalem says he feels "a deep sense of compassion for what Israelis and Palestinians" are experiencing amid a war that has so far killed at least 2,300. Father John Paul, rector of the
"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
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
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
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
A Russian attack on a key Ukrainian port city has partially destroyed a historic Ukrainian Orthodox cathedral and UNESCO World Heritage site, prompting international outrage and pledges to rebuild.
Amid a July 23 nighttime attack by Russia on Odesa, an X-22 anti-ship missile
Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See said the onslaught of attacks on Odesa and several surrounding cities shows that Russia’s actions are no different than the actions of a terrorist organization.
Speaking with OSV News at his office in Rome July 20, Ambassador