Church’s outreach to refugees follows Jesus’ example, says USCCB committee March 17, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News The church’s charitable outreach to people fleeing war, political instability, poverty and other threats is a requirement for followers of Jesus, the Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a March 17 statement.
Papa consagrará Ucrania y Rusia a María March 16, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español El papa Francisco consagrará Rusia y Ucrania al Inmaculado Corazón de María durante un servicio de oración penitencial en la Basílica de San Pedro el 25 de marzo -dijo el Vaticano.
Pope to consecrate Russia, Ukraine to Mary March 16, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a penitential prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica March 25, the Vatican said.
Father James Goode, ‘dean of Black Catholic preachers,’ dies at 81 March 11, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Franciscan Father James E. Goode, whose evangelizing work among Black Catholics became known throughout the United States and earned him the title “dean of Black Catholic preachers,” died in his sleep March 4 in New York. He was 81.
Papal envoy sets off for besieged Ukrainian cities with ‘Gospel weapons’ March 11, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, Vatican, World News At the behest of Pope Francis, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, arrived in Poland March 7 to offer encouragement and material help to Ukrainian refugees and the volunteers assisting them. Two days later, he crossed the border into Ukraine.
Hearing focuses on holding Putin accountable for ‘war crimes, aggression’ March 11, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Just a day after a U.S. House commission’s hearing on holding Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for “war crimes and aggression against Ukraine,” his military forces carried out an airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol in the East European country.
CRS leader concerned by growing needs of refugees fleeing Ukraine March 11, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News In response to more than 2 million refugees, primarily women and children, fleeing the conflict in Ukraine in recent weeks, the president and CEO of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services said it is “alarming to see the scale of the suffering” in the region.
‘It’s an all-out war,’ Cardinal Parolin says of Russian invasion of Ukraine March 10, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News Condemning Russia’s bombing of a children’s and maternity hospital in Ukraine, the Vatican secretary of state insisted diplomacy and negotiations are the only ways to prevent the situation from getting much worse.
Ukrainian metropolitan: Why do U.N., OSCE exist if law not enforced? March 10, 2022By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News The head of the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine challenged the international community to “take action so that Russia immediately stops the barbaric ruination of Ukrainian cities, villages and their population.”
People of all faiths gather at cathedrals, churches to pray for Ukraine March 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News Amid ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine, Catholic and other faith leaders and parishioners across the United States have been gathering to pray for peace.
Church needs women saints, pope tells conference March 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church needs women, especially women saints, who have shown throughout history an unwavering dedication to God and to caring for their brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said.
Centuries-old Marian icon offers solace, protection amid horror of war March 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News As Ukrainians turn to their faith amid the ongoing tragedy of Russia’s invasion of their nation, many who follow both the Orthodox and Catholic traditions will look to an unusual icon of Mary as a symbol of the solace they seek.