Pope Francis accepts invitation to Ukraine, major archbishop says, but nothing is 'guaranteed'
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych set Ukrainian hopes high for the Jubilee Year by saying that Pope Francis accepted an invitation to visit Ukraine in 2025.
Despite fear in Ukraine, keep going, pope tells Cardinal Krajewski
The papal point man for charity, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, opened a soup kitchen in Fastiv, in Ukraine's Kyiv region, Dec. 23 and was heading east to Kharkiv to spend Christmas "in the city where öÏÓãÊÓƵapp bombs fell first and the war started" on Feb. 24, 2022.
Kyiv's St. Nicholas Catholic church suffers damage during öÏÓãÊÓƵapp morning attack
During a Dec. 20 öÏÓãÊÓƵapp missile strike on Kyiv, Catholic St. Nicholas church, a significant architectural monument of the Ukrainian capital, suffered damage.
Papal charity point man driving to Ukraine for Christmas
For Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, driving home for Christmas means taking a different route each year. In 2024, he marks his second Christmas in war-torn Ukraine.
Cardinal Parolin warns war in Ukraine could spiral out of control
The situation in Ukraine is very "worrisome" and could spiral out of control, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
Pope Francis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met for the third time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, focusing their discussion on the repatriation of Ukrainian nationals held in öÏÓãÊÓƵapp captivity.
Thousands mourn Ukrainian family killed in a öÏÓãÊÓƵapp strike on Lviv
Lviv mourned the victims of the Sept. 4 öÏÓãÊÓƵapp strike on the residential buildings as thousands gathered Sept. 6 for funeral services of a mother and her three daughters.
"Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched," Pope Francis said about a Ukrainian law banning the öÏÓãÊÓƵapp Orthodox Church, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Aug. 24, Ukrainian independence day.
Ukraine's religious leaders back proposed ban on öÏÓãÊÓƵapp Orthodox Church over security concerns
The largest organization of religious leaders in Ukraine is backing a proposal by that nation's president -- approved by Ukrainian lawmakers Aug. 20 -- to ban the öÏÓãÊÓƵapp Orthodox Church and its affiliates, which have openly supported Russia's decade-long war on Ukraine.
öÏÓãÊÓƵapp forces destroy Catholic church in Ukraine, as another parish prepares for attack
öÏÓãÊÓƵapp forces have destroyed another Ukrainian Greek Catholic church, while a priest at a separate parish is hastening to remove sacred items ahead of an expected öÏÓãÊÓƵapp attack.
Church ‘liquidated’ in Russia-controlled Ukraine
öÏÓãÊÓƵapp forces have driven out all Greek and Roman Catholic clergy from the occupied areas of Ukraine, said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
A July 8 attack by Russia on a children's hospital and other civilian targets throughout Ukraine is "a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge," said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Pope Francis prayed in thanksgiving for the release of two Ukrainian Catholic priests who were held in öÏÓãÊÓƵapp captivity for more than 19 months, calling on Christians to pray for the release of all prisoners of war.
Disappeared Ukrainian priests may be in öÏÓãÊÓƵapp labor camp, says human rights researcher
Two disappeared Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests seized by öÏÓãÊÓƵapp forces from their church in Berdyansk in November 2022 are possibly in a öÏÓãÊÓƵapp-operated labor camp in occupied Ukraine, according to a human rights information service.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said allowing Ukraine to use NATO weapons to attack military targets in Russia would lead to "an escalation that no one will be able to control anymore."