Immaculate Conception Gives Reason to Hope, Pope Says
On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis says this belief shows nothing is impossible, not even peace.
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Pope Writes Letter to the Ukrainian People
Nine months after the Russian invasion began, Pope Francis tells the Ukrainian people, “I carry you in my heart and in my prayers.”
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Maryknoll Office Leads Catholic Effort Urging Biden to Avoid Nuclear Response
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns sends a joint letter calling on President Biden to use diplomacy to avoid nuclear war.
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Returned Ukrainian Women Tell of Ordeal
As around 100 captured Ukrainian women return home in a prisoners exchange, Ukraine archbishop decries the abuse they endured.
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Pope Tells Putin: Stop the War!
During his Angelus message, Pope Francis directly implored Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to immediately cease the war against Ukraine.
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Papal Almoner Visits Mass Grave in Ukraine
Sent by Pope Francis, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski delivers aid under gunfire and prays at a burial site for people killed in the Russian invasion.
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Ukrainian Citizens Being Deported to Russia
Church and international leaders cite reports of Ukrainians, including children, being subjected to mass deportations.
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COVID Complicated HIV Pandemic, But Faith Groups Praised for Response
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges of HIV in many areas, but leaders of the global response to HIV and AIDS who gathered in Montreal for the International AIDS Conference praised faith leaders for their contribution to fighting the four decade-old AIDS pandemic.
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Pope Decries Deportations from Mariupol, Ukraine
Pope Francis lamented the “macabre regression of humanity” as some 40,000 people are...
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Chaplain in Ukraine Describes Horror of War
Using Pope Francis’ phrase that a priest must “smell” of the “sheep,” a chaplain describes burned homes and lives charred by war.
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Ukrainian Marine Describes “Hell” in Mariupol
In an anguished letter to Pope Francis, Major Serhiy Volyna writes of witnessing scenes of...
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Ukraine’s Religious Leaders Denounce Russia
Religious leaders of Ukraine decry atrocities committed against civilians, saying its human rights abuses make Russia a “terrorist state.”
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