Ukraine

After 13 years of daring acts of charity, the pope’s “Robin Hood” leaves Rome to become archbishop of Lódz, Poland.

The stamp is “a sign of gratitude for the bond that unites us in faith in God and in the common defense of the universal values of peace and fraternity.”

“No Priests Left,” a short-film documentary series produced by “A Faith Under Siege,” documents the persecution of Catholics in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

“My heartfelt thoughts remain focused on the tragic situation unfolding before the eyes of the whole world: so many victims, so many lives and families.”

The human heart finds its home in God and in communion with others, said two Catholic clergy from embattled eastern Ukraine at the annual New York Encounter.

The Collection for the Catholic Church in Central and Eastern Europe supports the Church in Ukraine and other countries that emerged from Soviet repression.

Since 1991, the USCCB has held an annual Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, with funds supporting the Catholic Church in the former Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union and …

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski said the aid mission was a tangible sign that the pope has not forgotten the suffering of the Ukrainian people.

“Russia is launching increasingly active strikes on peaceful cities and villages,” Major Archbishop Shevchuk said, and Kyiv is an “epicenter” of the strikes.

Pope Leo XIV reflected on the Sunday gospel reading on the calling of Simon Peter, Andrew, James and John, and our mission to proclaim the Gospel.