Ukraine

  • September 22, 2022

Russian priest says Catholics, including clerics, fear conscription

A senior Russian priest dismissed President Vladimir Putin's threats of nuclear war as "just words," but said many...
  • September 20, 2022

Papal almoner visits newly discovered mass grave site in Ukraine

Standing near a mass grave site in eastern Ukraine and seeing the delicate and solemn removal of bodies,...
  • August 30, 2022

Vatican says papal remarks on Dugina defended life, were not political

Pope Francis' comments on the death of Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel,...
  • August 26, 2022

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summons nuncio over papal comments on car bomb

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, Pope Francis' ambassador to Ukraine, to express disappointment about...
  • August 19, 2022

In note to nuns, pope says he is doing everything he can for Ukraine

Pope Francis said he is doing everything he can for Ukraine, saying the world was witnessing "cruelty."...
  • August 8, 2022

Ambassador says pope will visit Ukraine before Kazakhstan trip

Pope Francis plans to make his long-awaited visit to Ukraine before his trip to Kazakhstan in September, said...
  • August 1, 2022

Stop the war in Ukraine and negotiate, pope says

The only reasonable way to address the suffering of Ukrainians is to stop fighting and negotiate, Pope Francis...
  • June 8, 2022

100 days of war: Ukrainian leader reflects on the pope, hope, solidarity

Marking the 100th day of Russia's war against Ukraine, Pope Francis again called for international efforts to stop...
  • May 13, 2022

Promoting dialogue, peace are pope’s priorities for Ukraine, archbishop says

In the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war, Pope Francis is being very careful...
  • May 3, 2022

Pope tells Russian patriarch they are not ‘clerics of the state’

Warning that the Russian Orthodox patriarch should not "turn himself into Putin's altar boy," Pope Francis also said...