The Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. The Russian offensive triggered the largest refugee crisis since the Second World War. Thousands of people, including many civilians, have died in the war amid heavy fighting in the north, east, and south of Ukraine. The country is home to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the largest of the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with Rome. Pope Francis has said that the Vatican is willing to mediate an end to the conflict between the predominantly Eastern Orthodox nations.
Another Ukrainian bishop has voiced concern about the incorporation of both Russian and Ukrainian families into Pope Francis’ Way of... Read more
‘Our efforts in Ukraine and Poland have only just begun,’ said Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly. Read more
‘We respectfully request you to declare a ceasefire in Ukraine from midnight on April 17,’ they wrote. Read more
The nunciature denied claims that Vladimir Putin has accounts at the ‘Vatican bank.’ Read more
‘And so, step by step, we are moving towards catastrophe,’ the pope writes. Read more
Caritas-Spes distributed five tonnes of food in recently liberated areas. Read more
The Diocese of Getafe, in collaboration with the Shrine of the Great Promise in Valladolid, has made 10,000 Sacred Heart... Read more
In a message to participants in an interreligious pilgrimage to Ukraine, Pope Francis said “the present moment leaves us deeply... Read more
Major Archbishop Shevchuk addressed the plan for Ukrainian and Russian families to carry a cross together. Read more
‘We honor the sacrifice of humanitarian workers by praying for them and their families,’ he said. Read more
Two female staff members of Caritas Mariupol were said to be among the dead. Read more
‘This affair struck me as very unusual,’ said seminary rector Father Ruslan Mikhalkiv. Read more
The two families will carry a wooden cross together for the 13th station in the Colosseum. Read more
“Let the weapons be put down. Let the Easter truce begin,” Pope Francis urged. Read more
‘Seeing the mutilated, breathless bodies, we prayed for their eternal rest,’ Major Archbishop Shevchuk said. Read more
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, discussed the Holy See's diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting in Ukraine... Read more
The pope held up a blue and yellow flag which he said was brought to him from “the martyred city”... Read more
The pope has said that a visit is “on the table.” Read more
Major Archbishop Shevchuk said: ‘Europe only saw such scenes in the liberation from the Nazis.’ Read more
The pope was speaking at an in-flight press conference. Read more