Senate advances national security supplemental bill with aid for Ukraine, Israel February 9, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, War in Ukraine, World News The Senate voted Feb. 8 to proceed with debate on a bill that would provide military and humanitarian aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, among other measures.
Cardinal Zuppi on Holy See’s diplomacy in Ukraine: We’re interested in peace, not publicity February 6, 2024By Dawid Gospodarek OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Participating in a conference at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis’ special envoy to Ukraine, said that his mission to the war-torn country has specific patterns.
At National Prayer Breakfast, Biden calls for Americans to ‘pray for peace’ amid conflict February 1, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News At the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 1, President Joe Biden called for prayers for a peaceful resolution of conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, and he urged Americans to be united in the face of challenges.
Pope calls for global cease-fire; says humanity is on brink of abyss January 29, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Today’s wars and conflicts have put humanity on the brink of the abyss, Pope Francis said, calling for a worldwide cease-fire.
Pope: Remembering the Holocaust reminds people hatred is never justified January 26, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis highlighted the importance of remembering and condemning the horror of the Holocaust, underlining that hatred and violence can never be justified.
Two years into war, Knights of Columbus steadfast in Ukraine on front lines of aid January 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, War in Ukraine, World News As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine reaches the two-year mark, the Knights of Columbus remain steadfast in bringing relief to vulnerable Ukrainians living in some of the hardest-hit areas, one of the organization’s leaders told OSV News.
Modern war is ‘crime against humanity,’ pope says January 15, 2024By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News With massive civilian deaths and the destruction of cities and their infrastructure, modern “war is in itself a crime against humanity,” Pope Francis said.
Ukrainian church leaders say Moscow’s Orthodox Church encourages ‘genocide’ of Ukrainians January 12, 2024By Lilia Kovalyk-Vasiuta OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Representatives of Christian churches in Ukraine strongly condemned the ideology of the “Russian world” (“Russkiy mir”) — as a “chauvinistic doctrine” that “denies the right of the Ukrainian nation to self-determination” and “sovereign development.”
Epiphany highlights Ukrainians’ fight for ‘movement toward freedom,’ says archbishop January 8, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, the feast of the Epiphany highlights Ukrainians’ fight for “something new: the movement toward freedom,” said Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Council of Churches in Ukraine calls on world to ‘recognize Russia as terrorist state’ January 5, 2024By Lilia Kovalyk-Vasiuta OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News LVIV, Ukraine (OSV News) — The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, which represents the various Christian, Jewish and Muslim bodies of Ukraine, called the world to recognize Russia as a terrorist state and provide Ukraine with the means necessary to protect life. For the second time in a row, Ukraine welcomed a new […]
War represents defeat, madness, pope says, calling for prayer January 3, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News War is madness, Pope Francis said, calling for prayers for all people in the world affected by today’s conflicts.
Clergy renew calls to support Ukraine after massive Russian attack on civilians January 2, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Sorrow, anger and renewed calls to support Ukraine have been issued by Ukrainian Catholic and other Ukrainian clergy, following a massive Dec. 29 attack on that nation by Russia.
