by Shannon Mullen Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 9, 2024 / 18:34 pm The Vatican on Saturday said Pope Francis did not mean to suggest that Ukraine ought to surrender to Russia when he referred to “the courage of the white flag” in a newly released television interview. Vatican spokesman Matteo …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Feb 26, 2024 / 17:10 pm A leading Maronite Catholic bishop this week urged ongoing humanitarian support for the suffering people of Ukraine, two years after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Bishop A. Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon, which …

by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jun 5, 2023 / 07:55 am Cardinal Matteo Zuppi arrived in Kyiv on Monday to carry out the peace mission entrusted to him by Pope Francis. The Vatican announced June 5 that Zuppi will spend two days in the Ukraine capital “to listen in depth …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, May 13, 2023 / 09:52 am Pope Francis and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, met at the Vatican on Saturday. The May 13 encounter — their first since Russia initiated a full-scale war in Ukraine over 14 months ago — was around 40 minutes long. …

By Katie Yoder Washington D.C., Dec 21, 2022 / 16:20 pm As Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the United States, about 1,000 faith leaders, including some Catholics, are calling for a Christmas truce in his country. Led by The Fellowship of Reconciliation-USA, the National Council of Elders, CODEPINK, and the Peace …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Nov 7, 2022 / 08:39 am The leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church gave Pope Francis a piece from an exploded Russian mine during a visit to the Vatican on Monday. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk is in Rome this week to speak with Pope Francis …

by Solène Tadié Krakow, Poland, Mar 23, 2022 / 13:00 pm In the month since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than two million people have crossed the border with Poland seeking refuge. In the Polish city of Kraków, the local Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski has shown his support for …

By CNA Staff Vatican City, May 26, 2022 / 06:42 am The Vatican is inviting Catholics to join Pope Francis in praying the rosary for peace in Ukraine and around the world at the end of the Marian month of May. The pope will pray the rosary before the statue of …

by CNA Staff Vatican City, May 1, 2022 / 10:57 am Pope Francis has again lamented the suffering caused by the invasion of Ukraine and encouraged the faithful to pray a rosary every day for peace. Speaking to the crowd in St. Peter’s Square after the May 1 Regina Caeli …

by Pope Francis Vatican City, Apr 10, 2022 / 03:30 am Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ homily for Palm Sunday 2022, which was celebrated with the public in St. Peter’s Square on April 10, 2022. On Calvary, two ways of thinking collided. In the Gospel, the words …