Seeing scenes of a war on television is one thing, "touching this reality is another," Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister, said in Ukraine. "I want to show support and solidarity, also in the name ...
Participants in an annual pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, for U.S. active-duty military personnel and veterans assembled 3,000 prayer kits for Ukrainian soldiers. The "Warriors to Lourdes" pilgrimage May 10-16 drew more than 175 participants and was ...
Ukrainians "have made the Bible come alive for the world," Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, told graduates of the University of Notre Dame May 15. "David withstands Goliath, the Way ...
Facing the trauma of conflict requires love and hope, and Caritas has been hard at work sharing this "medicine" with everyone, said the director of Caritas-Spes. The war will not end with just a peace agreement, ...
In the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war, Pope Francis is being very careful to ensure that he offers solidarity and hope to suffering Ukrainians while not doing or saying anything ...
The young wife of the commander of the Ukrainian battalion still holed up in a steel plant in Mariupol had what she described as a "heart raising" encounter with Pope Francis. Kateryna Prokopenko, wife of Azov ...
Pope Francis' secretary of state reaffirmed the pope's offer to go to Moscow personally to try to convince President Vladimir Putin to stop his war on Ukraine but said the Kremlin had yet to respond. Cardinal ...
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he was surprised and inspired by Ukrainians he met when he made a brief visit to Lviv, Ukraine. "I thought I would come to Ukraine and see great depression," ...
Warning that the Russian Orthodox patriarch should not "turn himself into Putin's altar boy," Pope Francis also said he would like to go to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin in an attempt to end the ...
Renewing his appeal for peace, Pope Francis said he grieves for the suffering of the Ukrainian people, especially given reports of children and the elderly being forcibly deported to Russia. After praying the "Regina Coeli" prayer ...
Pope Francis meets with Italian bishops at beginning of their spring meeting
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Pope meets Italian bishops at beginning of their spring meeting
Pope Francis held a closed-door, two-hour meeting with members of the Italian bishops' conference late May 23 as t...
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Pope Francis accepts resignation of St. Augustine, Fla., Bishop Felipe Estevez, appoints Father Erik T. Pohlmeier successor
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Pope accepts resignation of St. Augustine, Fla., bishop, appoints successor
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Felipe J. Estévez of St. Augustine, Florida, and named as his...
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