Aid to Ukrainians tops charity funded by Peter’s Pence in 2022 July 2, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Giving, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Donations to the annual Peter’s Pence collection, which supports the work of the Roman Curia and funds the charitable activity of the pope, were down in 2022, but the amount of money the fund distributed increased significantly thanks to the proceeds of property sales, the Vatican said.
Ukrainian Catholic archbishop joins call for ‘new constitution’ to ensure Ukraine’s post-war future July 1, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Ukraine must develop “a new social consensus” and “a new constitution” to ensure its post-war future, said Archbishop Borys Gudziak and several other endorsers of a June 28 document from Lviv’s Ukrainian Catholic University.
Our churches must serve peace, Russian Orthodox leader tells cardinal June 30, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches should join efforts to promote peace before threats of a “major global armed conflict,” the head of the Russian Orthodox Church told Pope Francis’ envoy on a peace mission to Moscow.
Build ‘a culture that gives life,’ says U.S. Ukrainian Catholic archbishop June 30, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As Russia seeks to destroy Ukraine through a full-scale invasion, Ukrainians — and the West itself — must commit to building “a culture that gives life,” said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S.
Papal peace envoy meets Putin’s foreign policy adviser in Moscow June 29, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi met with a Kremlin foreign policy adviser during the peace mission he is making to Moscow on Pope Francis’s behalf.
Papal peace envoy to meet with Putin’s foreign policy adviser in Moscow June 28, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi was scheduled to meet with a Kremlin foreign policy adviser during the peace mission he is making to Moscow on Pope Francis’s behalf, the Kremlin said.
‘They bomb, we sing’: Papal almoner visits flooded Kherson in sixth Ukraine trip June 28, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News After driving more than 1,900 miles, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner, arrived in Kherson to show closeness to a community shattered by war and a devastating flood.
Pope’s envoy to travel to Moscow on peace mission June 27, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi will go to Moscow on the second leg of a peace mission on behalf of Pope Francis, the Vatican said.
Following Wagner Group’s now-halted march on Moscow, bishop sees ‘hope and danger’ ahead for Ukraine June 26, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News While a Catholic bishop in Ukraine warned current events presented “both hope and danger” for his own country, leaders of Russia’s Orthodox Church backed President Vladimir Putin’s rule and welcomed the apparent defusing of a military rebellion.
Ukrainian Catholic University volunteers feed front-line soldiers with food for body and soul June 26, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News For the past several months, Nataliia Batyhina, a development professional at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, has headed up a small army of volunteers from the school to prepare food for front-line soldiers battling Russia’s invasion.
Ukraine military doctors draw on faith and nature’s gifts to heal wounds of war June 26, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News At a military hospital in western Ukraine, doctors are drawing on faith and the gifts of creation to heal the wounds of war.
From intolerance to genocide: religious liberty violations driven by ‘tense’ global conditions, says report June 23, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News “Tense” global conditions — including the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and increases in the cost of living — lead to religious freedom violations in countries around the world, according to a new report by Aid to the Church in Need, a pontifical foundation of the Catholic Church.
