Papal Envoy Visits Russia to Discuss Ukraine
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna travels to Russia in efforts to restore peace and recover more than 19,000 deported Ukrainian children.
Read MoreCardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna travels to Russia in efforts to restore peace and recover more than 19,000 deported Ukrainian children.
Read MoreAs the Vatican continues diplomatic efforts to foster peace between Ukraine and Russia, Pope Francis entrusts war torn countries to Mary.
Read MoreAmid repression from the government, Russian Catholics commemorate the death of political dissident Alexei Navalny who died in prison.
Read MoreRussian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow meets with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi as part of Pope Francis’ peace mission to Russia.
Read MoreWith conditions deteriorating worldwide, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom names 17 countries of particular concern.
Read MoreChurch and international leaders cite reports of Ukrainians, including children, being subjected to mass deportations.
Read MoreUsing Pope Francis’ phrase that a priest must “smell” of the “sheep,” a chaplain describes burned homes and lives charred by war.
Read MoreReligious leaders of Ukraine decry atrocities committed against civilians, saying its human rights abuses make Russia a “terrorist state.”
Read MorePope Francis consecrates “all humanity and especially Russia and Ukraine” to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in prayer for an end to war.
Read MoreUkrainian Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak says Russian invasion is not due to a military threat, but to the threat of democracy.
Read MoreCardinal Michael Czerny, on mission from the Vatican, meets victims of the invasion of Ukraine to show pope’s support for those fleeing war.
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