Cardinal Zuppi visits China as envoy promoting peace in Ukraine September 12, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who said Pope Francis tapped him not to mediate but to encourage dialogue that could end Russia’s war on Ukraine, flew to China Sept. 12, Italian media reported.
Responding to Zelenskyy adviser, Vatican bank denies Russian investments September 11, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, Vatican, World News After an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested that a financial relationship exists between the Vatican and Moscow, the Vatican bank said Sept. 9 that it “does not receive nor invest money from Russia.”
Ukrainian battlefront bishop says country is ‘sensitive’ to pope’s words September 8, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News Since Auxiliary Bishop Maksym Ryabukha of Donetsk was installed in December 2022, 10 months into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he has driven more than 30,000 miles near the largely occupied areas of Eastern Ukraine to tend to his flock — and he feels right at home.
Ukrainian bishops warn pope that his Russia comments feed propaganda September 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, Vatican, World News After Pope Francis told young Russian Catholics they were heirs of “the great, educated Russian Empire,” Ukraine’s bishops told him that some of his statements were “painful and difficult for the Ukrainian people” and are used by Russia to justify its invasion of Ukraine.
Pope says religion and culture can be misused to frighten and oppress September 5, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Vatican, World News The pope admitted Sept. 4 it was not his best moment when he cited the examples of Peter the Great and Catherine II, who conquered and subjugated neighboring nations and who Russian President Vladimir Putin has evoked as role models in his war on Ukraine.
Pope, urging young Russians to be proud of their heritage, stirs controversy August 28, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, News, Vatican, World News Although Russia’s continuing war on Ukraine may make peace seem an impossible dream, Pope Francis urged young Russian Catholics to sow seeds of reconciliation and peace however they can.
Mercenary leader’s death stirs Catholic reflections in Russia and Ukraine August 28, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News A Ukrainian Catholic bishop has urged Russians to learn lessons from the fate of mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, and choose “true democracy” rather than “an unstable dictatorship.”
Ukraine’s Independence Day ‘like a July 4th,’ says archbishop August 24, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News Ukraine’s Independence Day, celebrated on Aug. 24, is “like a July 4th,” said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of Philadelphia, head of Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S.
Russian occupiers seize Roman Catholic church in Skadovsk in eastern Ukraine August 24, 2023By Lilia Kovalyk-Vasiuta OSV News Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News 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.
Pope asks renewed prayers for Ukraine on eve of its Independence Day August 24, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Acknowledging Ukraine’s celebration of Independence Day Aug. 24, Pope Francis pleaded with thousands of visitors at his weekly general audience to keep praying for peace in the country.
Pope, top U.S. military officer discuss war in Ukraine August 22, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News The top-ranking U.S. military officer told reporters he and Pope Francis discussed the war in Ukraine, especially the war’s impact on the people there.
Ukrainian youth wrapped in support, encouragement at WYD by pilgrims, pope August 11, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 The final message of Pope Francis in Lisbon was directed specifically to young Ukrainians.