Ukraine

  • May 23, 2023

Cardinal Zuppi, pope’s peace envoy, talks about war in Ukraine

"War is a pandemic. It involves us all," said Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the Italian prelate chosen by Pope...
  • May 16, 2023

Pope, Ukrainian leader talk about humanitarian situation provoked by war

After literally hundreds of public prayers for peace in Ukraine and 443 days after Russia launched an all-out...
  • May 2, 2023

Kremlin denies working with Vatican on peace talks

Moscow is not working with the Vatican to end the war in Ukraine, said a Kremlin spokesperson....
  • December 27, 2022

Zelenskyy shows ‘Americans need Ukraine,’ says Archbishop Gudziak

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a powerful symbol of eternal values, said the head of Ukrainian Catholics in...
  • December 27, 2022

Wife of Ukrainian prisoner of war gives pope names of more POWs

A Ukrainian woman with her young son presented Pope Francis with several gifts and the names of Ukrainian...
  • December 14, 2022

Celebrate Christmas ‘with Ukraine in your hearts,’ pope says, urging aid

Celebrating Christmas is important and beautiful, Pope Francis said, but he asked people to spend less on their...
  • December 13, 2022

Nothing is impossible for God, not even peace in Ukraine, pope says

Pope Francis asked Catholics around the world to join him in entrusting to Mary "the universal desire for...
  • November 21, 2022

Vatican will do whatever possible to broker cease-fire, pope says

The Vatican is willing to do whatever it takes to broker a cease-fire and bring an end to...
  • November 10, 2022

Ukrainian archbishop tells pope Russia wants to destroy, not negotiate

Pope Francis has continued to call on Russian and Ukrainian leaders to negotiate an end to the war,...
  • October 4, 2022

Pope tells Putin: Stop the war

With "rivers of blood and tears" still flowing in Ukraine and with the increasing threat of the use...