Ukraine

A serviceman of 24th Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a 2S5 "Hyacinth-S" self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops at the frontline near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine Nov. 18, 2024, amid the ongoing the Russia-Ukraine war. (OSV News photo/Oleg Petrasiuk, Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters)

US Catholics help ‘heal the wounds of war’ in Ukraine through fund

Catholic bishops and faithful in the U.S. are helping to heal broken bodies, minds and spirits in Ukraine amid Russia's full-scale invasion, thanks to a church-driven initiative.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posts on X March 14, 2025, about a conversation he had with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

As ceasefire talk continues, Zelenskyy says he spoke with Cardinal Parolin

As the United States continues to attempt to broker a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke with the Vatican secretary of state.
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A church in Lukashivka, Ukraine, that was destroyed by Russian shelling is pictured April 27, 2022. (OSV News photo/Zohra Bensemra, Reuters)

Report: Russia weaponizes orthodoxy to persecute, kill Christians in Ukraine

A new report calls for the Russian Federation to be designated a state sponsor of terrorism.
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People gather at Lourdes

Ukrainians gather at Lourdes to pray for peace in homeland and world

As Russia’s war on Ukraine approaches its 11th year, thousands of Ukrainians from all over the world gathered at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France to pray for peace in their homeland and throughout the world.
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A rescuer reacts at Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, July 8, 2024, after it was severely damaged during Russian missile strikes amid Russia's war on Ukraine. At least 31 were killed and over 135 injured as Russian bombers pummeled Kyiv and numerous other cities throughout the nation that day with more than 40 missiles and guided aerial bombs, with one striking the large children's hospital, where emergency crews searched the rubble for victims.

Shevchuk: Russian attack on Kyiv children’s hospital ‘a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge’

A July 8 attack by Russia on a children's hospital and other civilian targets throughout Ukraine is "a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge," said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis, alongside Papal Almoner Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, blesses an ambulance to be donated to a hospital in Ukraine's Ternopil region in this undated photo taken at the Vatican and released June 24, 2024.

Pope donates ambulance, opens rehabilitation center in Ukraine

Pope Francis blessed an ambulance filled with medicine and first-aid equipment that will travel some 1,800 miles from the Vatican to support those wounded in Ukraine.
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