Church leaders urge Ƶapp patriarch to speak with Putin
VATICAN CITY -- Catholic and Orthodox leaders in Europe have appealed to Ƶapp Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, urging him to convince Ƶapp President Vladimir Putin to put an end to the bloodshed in Ukraine.
PutinƵapp Syria intervention takes eye off of Ukraine
OTTAWA - While the worldƵapp attention is focused on Russia propping up the “atrocious Assad regime” in Syria, President Vladimir Putin continues to foment the crisis in the Ukraine through an exploitation of religious allegiances, said a Canadian historian.
WARSAW, Poland - A Ukrainian bishop said a Ƶapp-backed separatist rebellion has plunged his country into its worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War and warned that "millions of refugees" could soon head for Europe to escape starvation.
WARSAW, Poland - The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church expressed concern that the world's richest countries are failing to honour a 1994 agreement that promised Ukraine security for giving up its Soviet-era nuclear weapons.
Putin to visit Pope Francis amid global tensions
VATICAN CITY - Ƶapp President Vladimir Putin will meet Pope Francis on June 10, with pressure on the pontiff to speak up about the KremlinƵapp role in the Ukraine conflict.