Ukrainians ask Vatican to reconsider plans for Via Crucis at Colosseum April 12, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church asked Pope Francis to scrap plans to have a Ukrainian woman and a Russian woman carry the cross together during the pope’s Way of the Cross service at Rome’s Colosseum April 15.
Victory is not raising a flag on pile of rubble, pope says on Palm Sunday April 11, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Jesus obeyed the most challenging of commandments: to love one’s enemies; and he invites humanity to do the same by breaking a vicious cycle of evil, sorrow and hatred with love and forgiveness, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday.
Cardinal: Vatican looking at implications of possible papal visit to Kyiv April 8, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said it appeared Ukraine could keep Pope Francis safe if he made a wartime trip to Kyiv, but the pope’s safety was not the Vatican’s only concern.
Mary, woman of wonders against the lords of war April 7, 2022By Hosffman Ospino Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, War in Ukraine It is with sadness and puzzlement that our world witnesses the invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign nation, by its neighbor Russia, an exponentially more powerful country politically, economically and militarily.
Pope: Blood of Bucha massacre victims ‘cries out to heaven’ April 6, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis once again pleaded for an end to the bloodshed and violence in Ukraine after images of innocent civilians apparently executed in Bucha sparked outrage and horror around the world.
Pope indicates he has not spoken directly to Putin about Ukraine war April 4, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis avoided speaking directly about Russian President Vladimir Putin and instead focused on condemning war as a cruel and inhumane act that “goes against the human spirit.”
One in 10 Ukrainians is a refugee, half are children, U.N. agencies say March 31, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News More than 4 million people have fled Ukraine in the past five weeks, and half of them are children, said two U.N. agencies.
Priest recalls saying Mass in Ukrainian church reopened after 45 years March 31, 2022By Peter Finney Jr. Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Msgr. William Bilinsky was in Ukraine as a volunteer translator for retired New Orleans Archbishop Philip M. Hannan, the peripatetic founder of Focus TV who was interviewing Catholics behind the Iron Curtain about how they had struggled to keep the flame of faith alive during a half-century of religious oppression.
Ukrainian archbishop tearfully recounts the horrors, heroism of war March 30, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News With his voice often trembling and tears sliding down to his beard, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church spoke via Zoom about the death and destruction Russia is raining down on his people and his country.
Ecumenical patriarch pledges solidarity with Ukrainians during Warsaw visit March 28, 2022By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople pledged solidarity with Ukrainians forced to flee their country and thanked neighboring Poland for showing “generosity, charity and hospitality” since the start of the Russian invasion.
Pope calls for end to senseless war in Ukraine March 28, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis renewed his call for an end to the war in Ukraine and strongly denounced the conflict as a barbaric act used by those in power at the cost of innocent lives.
1,000 Catholics gather at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen to pray for peace in Ukraine March 26, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Video, War in Ukraine As Archbishop William E. Lori solemnly consecrated Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Maya Lancaster stood with 1,000 others – all focused on an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary holding a rosary displayed in the cathedral’s sanctuary.