Pope asks Mary, Queen of Peace, to end war in Ukraine and everywhere May 31, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News After setting white flowers at a statue of Mary, Queen of Peace, Pope Francis prayed the rosary and asked Mary to intercede to bring peace to Ukraine and to every place in the world torn by violent conflict.
Pope, with Ukrainian families, to lead rosary for peace May 31 May 26, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis and Ukrainian families in Rome will gather May 31 before a statue of Mary, Queen of Peace, to recite the rosary for peace in Ukraine and in other places at war.
Student who fled Ukraine feels at home at Maryland Catholic high school May 26, 2022By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Ivan Dmytriiev, 17, a Ukrainian refugee who arrived in the United States with his 6-year-old brother, Mykhailo, after a harrowing escape from his country just after Russia launched its invasion there, is attending DeMatha Catholic High School.
Returning from Ukraine, Polish archbishop urges Vatican to revise attitude May 24, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The president of the Polish bishops’ conference criticized the Vatican’s “naive and utopian” attitude to the war in Ukraine and urged Rome to show “greater maturity” in attitudes toward Russia.
Vatican foreign minister visits Ukraine in sign of solidarity, support May 20, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Seeing scenes of a war on television is one thing, “touching this reality is another,” Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister, said in Ukraine.
Ukrainians ‘have made the Bible come alive’ for world, says archbishop May 17, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Ukrainians “have made the Bible come alive for the world,” Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, told graduates of the University of Notre Dame May 15.
Christian divisions make fertile ground for conflict, pope says May 6, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Doing nothing to overcome the divisions among Christians means allowing tensions to fester and even feed conflict, Pope Francis said.
‘Witnesses of hope’: N.Y. delegation visits Ukraine, bordering countries May 6, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he was surprised and inspired by Ukrainians he met when he made a brief visit to Lviv, Ukraine.
Pope tells Russian patriarch they are not ‘clerics of the state’ May 3, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Warning that the Russian Orthodox patriarch should not “turn himself into Putin’s altar boy,” Pope Francis also said he would like to go to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin in an attempt to end the conflict in Ukraine.
Go to the heart of God May 2, 2022By Father Joseph Breighner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, War in Ukraine, Wit & Wisdom Evil is real. But the power of goodness is greater. With Christ in us, and Mary with us, we dare to overcome evil with goodness and Godness.
Pope praises Papal Foundation’s generosity, including to Ukraine April 28, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis praised members of the U.S.-based Papal Foundation for helping the Catholic Church build “a culture of solidarity and peace,” including by providing assistance to victims of the war in Ukraine.
Pope, Council of Cardinals meet, discuss war in Ukraine April 28, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals met in-person at the Vatican April 25, discussing the war in Ukraine, the Vatican press office said.
