Russian attack leaves 8 dead in Ukraine; suspected missile lands in Poland July 31, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News An overnight July 30 onslaught of Russian missiles and drones struck Ukraine, leaving eight people, including several children, dead and dozens wounded in the aftermath.
Ukraine and the limits of dialogue July 22, 2026By George Weigel OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference, War in Ukraine Russian strikes are deliberately aimed at civilian sites, and while Ukrainian air defenses shoot down some of the missiles and drones, others get through. Innocents are killed and families lose their homes because of this campaign to intentionally inflict civilian casualties.
As America marks 250 years, Ukrainian Catholic bishops offer a lesson in what freedom costs July 8, 2026By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As America’s 250th anniversary was celebrated across the States and the world, with Pope Leo XIV accepting the Liberty Medal for the occasion, U.S. Ukrainian Catholic bishops asked Americans to consider the meaning of freedom through the experience of a nation still fighting to preserve it.
Catholic, Orthodox leaders condemn Russian attack on Kyiv cathedral June 15, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Catholic and Orthodox leaders are expressing shock and outrage after a Russian drone strike heavily damaged a historic monastery complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, with a cathedral set ablaze.
Ukrainian nun on front lines meets Pope Leo, pleads for help to ‘end the war’ May 22, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News A Ukrainian nun serving in a city on the front lines met with Pope Leo XIV during a private audience with members of a papal society, handing him images of two Ukrainian soldiers in captivity and pleading with him to “end the war.”
Catholic aid organizations remain ‘united in hope’ for Ukraine as war rages on May 6, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Several Catholic aid organizations are affirming they remain “united in hope” for Ukraine, as Russia’s war on that nation relentlessly rages on.
Catholic leaders appeal to end Russia’s religious persecution in Ukraine April 15, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News Several prominent American Catholics have launched a petition calling for the end of Russia’s religious persecution in occupied areas of Ukraine.
‘The power with which Christ rose is entirely nonviolent,’ pope says in Easter peace message April 5, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Speaking from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on Easter, Pope Leo XIV delivered a passionate appeal for peace, declaring that the power of the risen Christ is “entirely nonviolent” and calling on world leaders to lay down their weapons and choose dialogue over domination.
Pope Leo XIV calls Israeli, Ukrainian leaders on Good Friday, urging peace April 3, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Leo XIV spoke over the telephone with the presidents of Israel and Ukraine on Good Friday, urging diplomatic solutions and humanitarian support amid the ongoing wars in the Middle East and Europe.
Russian drone strikes damage historic church, monastery in Lviv ahead of Holy Week March 26, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News A historic Bernardine monastery complex and the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in the western Ukraine city of Lviv were hit by aerial drone strikes March 24, just ahead of the observance of Holy Week.
Eastern Catholic bishops issue ‘cry for peace and justice’ as global conflicts rage March 24, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, War in Ukraine, World News The bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches in the U.S. have issued “a cry for peace and justice,” as they are “anguished” by atrocities and suffering in the nations where their respective communities originated.
U.S. peacebuilding a ‘strategic and moral imperative,’ advocates say at Notre Dame event March 11, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, War in Ukraine, World News With American peacebuilding at a “crossroads,” amid global conflict and changes in U.S. foreign policy, a Notre Dame conference March 10 in the nation’s capital examined how to meet new challenges facing international conflict resolution and fostering peace.
