Ukraine

A file photo shows the American flag below the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington. (OSV News photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Senate approves bill with uncertain future in House as Ukraine hangs in the balance

February 14, 2024
The Senate passed an approximately $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, following months of a stalemate amid growing divisions within the Republican Party.
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At National Prayer Breakfast, Biden calls for Americans to ‘pray for peace’ amid conflict

February 5, 2024
At the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 1, President Joe Biden called for prayers for a peaceful resolution of conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, and he urged Americans to be united in the face of challenges.
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Smoke rises over a residential building after a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 29, 2023. (OSV News photo/Danylo Pavlov, Reuters)

Clergy renew calls to support Ukraine after Russian attack on civilians

January 2, 2024
Sorrow, anger and renewed calls to support Ukraine have been issued by Ukrainian Catholic and other Ukrainian clergy, following a massive Dec. 29 attack on that nation by Russia.
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Beware the Contagion of War

December 26, 2023
As atrocities continue on both sides of the conflict in the Holy Land, the striking Franciscan vision of a more peace-loving world is all the more needed.
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U.S. Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton, right, poses with Father Bohdan Prakh, former president of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, at a military cemetery in Lviv. While in Lviv, Bishop Monforton spoke with family members who have lost loved ones during the war. The bishop, former head of the Diocese of Steubenville, Ohio, traveled to the war-torn nation on a personal visit of solidarity Oct. 18-22, 2023. Bishop Monforton officially began his ministry as the newest auxiliary bishop of the Detroit Archdiocese Nov. 7. (OSV News photo/courtesy Ukrainian Orthodox Patriarchate via Detroit Catholic) Editors: best quality available.

Bishop Monforton visits war victims in Ukraine to show US church’s solidarity

November 9, 2023
As Detroit's newest auxiliary bishop prepared to move from his home in Steubenville, Ohio, back to his native Archdiocese of Detroit, he found himself thousands of miles from both places in mid-October: Ukraine.
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Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy, speaks during a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this Feb. 26, 2022, file photo. (CNS photo/Courtesy The Presidential Office of Ukraine)

Responding to Zelenskyy adviser, Vatican bank denies Russian investments

September 12, 2023
After an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested that a financial relationship exists between the Vatican and Moscow, the Vatican bank said Sept. 9 that it "does not receive nor invest money from Russia."
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