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The verified number of children killed in Russian attacks across Ukraine has increased dramatically this year compared to 2023, as deadly strikes continue.
In an interview with CBS, Pope Francis calls for an end to the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and around the world. He says there is room for everyone in the Church pointing out that if a ...
On the occasion of their General Chapter, Pope Francis urges the Brothers of Christian Instruction of Ploermel – known as the La Mennais Brothers – to be “fathers who reflect the ...
Ukrainian and Western leaders have welcomed a desperately needed military aid package for Ukraine passed by the U.S. House of Representatives after mounting concerns the country ...
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern about the mounting death toll among children in Ukraine after the war against Russia ...
The meetings took place from 15-16 April at Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican. Discussions focused on a number of areas, including the global situation, prayers for end to conflicts ...
The General Secretary of the WCC says the organization cannot reconcile the Decree of the XXV World Russian People's Council, whose head is the Orthodox Patriarch, which describes ...
Dr. Richard Mollica, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, shares with Vatican Media his decades of experience in assisting trauma survivors as they and their families ...
Ukraine’s military chief warned that the battlefield situation in the industrial east has “significantly worsened in recent days,” amid concerns that warming weather allows Russian ...
Pope Francis's appeal to pray for peace in Ukraine comes as that war-torrn nation reels from massive Russian strikes that, besides soldiers, also killed more than a dozen civilians ...
Volodomyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, meets with Bishops of the country’s Latin-Rite Catholic churches and with representatives of Ukrainian Protestant communities.
Pope Francis recalls a slain Ukrainian soldier, 23-year-old Oleksandr, who was killed in the fighting in Avdiivka, as the Pope held the late soldier's rosary and Gospel.
Ukraine says it has come under massive Russian air strikes on Easter Sunday. Russia confirmed Sunday that it conducted a massive strike on Ukraine's energy infrastructure and ...
Following the Easter Sunday Mass, Pope Francis delivers his Easter message and blessing "To the City and the World," praying especially for the Holy Land, Ukraine, Myanmar, Syria, ...
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, discusses the future of Europe and the world, along with the wars in Ukraine and the Holy Land, ...
Pope Francis offers his prayers for the victims of Friday’s terrorist attack on a concert hall in the Russian capital of Moscow, and invites everyone to pray for “martyred Ukraine” ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that Ukraine was involved in Friday’s shooting at a major concert hall near Moscow that killed at least 133 people, despite an ...
Ukrainian officials say Russia's military has launched missile attacks on the capital, Kyiv, for the first time in 44 days, injuring 10 people, including a child, while in the ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed victory in a presidential vote, while thousands protested against his “authoritarian rule,” polling stations were set ablaze, and ...
During the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis expresses satisfaction over the release of a teacher and four of six religious kidnapped in Haiti. He appeals for the release of those still ...
Ukrainian officials say at least three people were killed in overnight Russian drone and bomb attacks in eastern Ukraine as fighting intensifies, just a day after Moscow ...
Pope Francis' last twelve months have been marked by over 150 appeals for "martyred" Ukraine and more than 60 for a ceasefire in the Middle East, accompanied by invitations to the ...
Following Pope Francis' interview on the war in Ukraine with Radio Télévision Suisse, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin discusses the issue with the Italian newspaper ...
Pope Francis offers prayers for the people of Haiti suffering due to worsening violence, while remembering the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ukraine and the Holy ...
The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, responds to journalists regarding Pope Francis’ statements in an interview with a Swiss TV station, saying “the Pope picked ...
In an interview to a Swiss TV station, Pope Francis reflects at length on various aspects of war and its devastating effects, noting that it takes two sides to make war and ...
Moscow claims that Ukraine launched a massive drone strike on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula on Sunday, prompting Turkey to call for a ceasefire. Sunday's strike came as ...
Pope Francis issues a heartfelt appeal for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, so that the Israeli hostages may be freed and the Palestinian population may receive urgently needed aid. ...
At the conclusion of the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis invites the faithful to pray for Burkina Faso and for Haiti, and not to forget the people of Ukraine, of Palestine ...
Closing the award ceremony of the “Economy and Society” International Prize awarded by the Centesimus Annus Foundation, the Cardinal Secretary of State expresses strong concerns ...
Pope Francis notes the anniversary of the beginning of the large-scale war in Ukraine, and pleads for a diplomatic solution aimed at “a just and lasting peace.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hosted Western leaders in Kyiv on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of the country.
Two years after the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Archbishop Paolo Pezzi of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow reflects on changing hearts to ...
In a wide-ranging interview with Vatican Media, the Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, reflects on two years since the full scale invasion of Ukraine by ...
Since the full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia exactly two years ago, approximately 2,500 minors from the attacked country have been treated at the Vatican's Bambino Gesu ...
The Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych urges Catholics in Europe and around the world not to forget the ongoing suffering of the people of Ukraine, while expressing gratitude for the ...
As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its third year, Patrick Kelly, the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, praises the heroism of the Ukrainian people and details the ...
Pope Francis has never tired of lifting his prayers and launching appeals for peace in Ukraine over the past two years as the nation is trapped in the "madness" of war.
Canada’s major Christian churches and ecclesial communities issue “A Canadian Pastoral Letter” urging Christians and all people of good will to join in united prayer and action for ...
Two years on from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Vatican Media speaks with Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki, Metropolitan of Lviv of the Latins.
In an interview with Vatican News, a young woman from Kherson recounts her and many of her compatriots' choice to dedicate themselves to helping soldiers on the front lines in this ...
The Knights of Columbus encourage all Catholics to pray together for peace and healing in Ukraine. The Novena begins on February 15 and will last nine days until February 24, the ...
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, insists war crimes must be condemned, as he speaks to an "Aid to the Church in Need" ...
A statement released by the Secretaries General of the Justice and Peace Commissions of the European Union calls for the intensification of multilateral efforts to pressure the ...
Ukrainian authorities say seven people, including three children, have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a petrol station in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. The ...
Pope Francis again raises prayers for those suffering war, he sends greetings to millions of people who are preparing to celebrate the Lunar New Year, upholds the sacredness of ...
European Union leaders have agreed to create a 50 billion euro fund for Ukraine after getting on board Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who had threatened to veto the deal.
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At his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis decries suffering in Myanmar, the Middle East, Ukraine, and Haiti, while urging everyone to pursue paths of peace and recalling World ...
Pope Francis looks ahead to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed on the anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, and appeals ...
As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity unfolds, Christians of various confessions in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv show their tangible solidarity with people enduring hardship ...
European Union foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss the future of European support for Ukraine, which needs more ammunition to fight invading Russian troops. The ...
Russia has accused Ukraine of being behind a drone strike that sparked a massive inferno at an oil depot in western Russia on Friday after a similar attack on.one of Russia's ...
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin expresses the Holy See’s concerns for an escalation of war that could engulf the entire Middle East, speaking on the sidelines of an ...
Pope Francis calls all forms of war a “crime against humanity,” and urges humanity to learn how to desire peace through education that rejects violence.
Pope Francis sends a letter to the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in which he strongly condemns the "ignoble" and "unacceptable" Russian missile attacks against the ...
Ukraine says Orthodox Christmas strikes by Russia have killed more than a dozen people, including children, in the east and south of the country. The attacks came as Vladimir Putin ...
Pope Francis appeals for the release of people who have been kidnapped in Colombia. He also expresses his closeness to the population of the Republic of Congo affected by extreme ...
Orthodox Christmas has been overshadowed by massive clashes between Ukraine and Russia, with Moscow saying it downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in occupied Crimea and southern ...
Pope Francis prays for the victims of armed conflicts in Palestine, Israel, Ukraine, and the persecuted Rohingya, and reiterates his solidarity with victims of an earthquake and ...
After Russia’s largest missile attack on Ukraine’s capital, Bishop Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy, auxiliary bishop of Kyiv, describes Caritas Spes’ continued assistance to people in need ...
Ukraine was preparing for an unhappy New Year Sunday after coming under massive Russian air strikes that killed scores of people. The attacks come as the president of Ukraine ...
Pope Francis prays for the thousands of lives, shattered by violence and war in 2023 across the globe and appeals to those who have a "stake“ in armed conflicts to listen to the ...
The chief editor of the Communication Department of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church speaks to Vatican News about the latest wave of Russian missile attacks on the main cities ...
Pope Francis has spoken by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who thanked the Pope for his support for the Peace Formula involving more than 80 States.
At the end of his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis prays for those suffering from violence in Palestine, Israel and Ukraine, and asks for prayers for an end to all war.
Russia has admitted that one of its warships was hit in a Ukrainian attack on a Black Sea port in Russian-occupied Crimea early Tuesday, killing at least one person. The strike on ...
On the Feast of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis says he is “close to the Christian communities that suffer discrimination”, and prays for peace in Syria, Gaza, ...
Pope Francis expresses his closeness to “our brothers and sisters suffering due to war,” including the people of Ukraine. His comments came as the war-torn nation faces a turbulent ...
Pope Francis expresses his closeness to victims of war, and urges the faithful to avoid consumerism at Christmas, and to celebrate the birth of Jesus without waste, by sharing what ...
In Ukraine, the population is preparing for a second winter in the midst of war. In addition to the threat of further power and heating cuts, displaced people have no prospect of ...
Ukraine says air defense and mobile groups of drone hunters have shot down dozens of Russian drones. The attacks came after Ukraine suffered a significant defeat in the European ...
Pope Francis invites the faithful to join him in prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception: “Let us ask for peace, that hearts may be ...
Concluding the catechesis at the General Audience, Pope Francis reiterated his plea for prayers for all those who are suffering due to conflicts across the world.
As the war in Ukraine continues to cause death and destruction, the vice-rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University of Lviv shares his thoughts on the fundamental reasons for the ...
Father Oleh Panchyniak, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and father of three, with one son serving on the front lines, continues his dual mission as a pastor on the outskirts of ...
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, who will represent Pope Francis in Dubai at COP28, shares the Pope’s concerns and hopes for the climate crisis, wars, and divisions ...
Ukraine says it has killed five high-ranking Russian officials in an area that Russia's military has partly occupied. The strike comes as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has entered ...
The Bishops of Europe express their closeness to all those suffering from war in various parts of the world, especially in the Holy Land, Ukraine, and Armenia.
In a continued show of support for the people of Ukraine, the Secretary General of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), Msgr. Robert Vitillo, visited the nation ...
Ukrainian leaders have commemorated the victims of the 1932-33 Holodomor famine in which several million people starved to death. The 90th anniversary of one of the nation's worst ...
Following the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis prays for the Ukrainians, who yesterday observed the memorial of the Holodomor, and thanks God for the truce between ...
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin reflects on current developments in a world at war and offers his perspective on words Pope Francis used during his General Audience when ...
Pope Francis releases a video message to appeal for peace in the Holy Land and Ukraine, praying that wars might be resolved through dialogue rather than a mountain of casualties.
Pope Francis renews his call for peace as he calls for prayers for people suffering in Myanmar, Ukraine, Palestine and Israel, and he highlights the fact that the only ones who ...
One of the men convicted over the 2006 murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been pardoned after fighting in Ukraine. His release comes as many questions remain ...
Ukraine is on top of the agenda alongside the Israel-Gaza war at the summit of European Union ministers in Brussels, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warns of a brutal ...