Ukraine

Ariel view shows the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, damaged

Russian missile destroys Transfiguration Cathedral’s central altar in Odesa 

(OSV News) — A Russian attack on a key Ukrainian port city has partially destroyed a historic Ukrainian Orthodox cathedral and UNESCO World Heritage site, prompting international outrage and pledges to rebuild. Amid a July 23 nighttime attack by Russia ...
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A rosary is pictured hanging from a machine gun in an undated file photo as Ukrainian soldiers stand at their positions near the Ukrainian town of Pervomaysk. Dorian Kernytsky, a Philadelphia-area Ukrainian Catholic, has been making hundreds of rugged, stainless steel rosaries for troops in Ukraine, hoping to provide solace amid the horrors of the current war with Russia. (OSV News photo/Gleb Garanich, Reuters)

Biden discusses war, humanitarian concerns in Ukraine with papal envoy

President Joe Biden met with Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Pope Francis' special envoy to seek a peaceful resolution to the ongoing war in Ukraine on July 18.
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A Ukrainian soldier picks up unexploded parts of a cluster bomb left after Russia's invasion near the village of Motyzhyn, Ukraine, April 10, 2022. In a CNN interview July 9, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden defended what he called a "very difficult decision" to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine amid Russia's invasion of that country, weapons the Vatican opposes. (OSV News photo/Mykola Tymchenko, Reuters)

US to Provide Ukraine Cluster Munitions Opposed by the Church As ‘Inhumane’

President Joe Biden defended what he called a “very difficult decision” to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion of that country, weapons the Vatican opposes.
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Ukraine’s military chaplains ‘ready to heal the wounds of war’ 

KYIV, Ukraine (OSV News) — Ukrainian military chaplains told OSV News they’re standing shoulder-to-shoulder with their troops across a long front line, while readying themselves for a post-war ministry of healing throughout their nation. “We’re in our positions, and we’re ...
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A Ukrainian Catholic choir dressed in traditional attire sings during a June 26, 2023, Divine Liturgy that drew thousands to Stradch, a Marian spiritual center in the Lviv region of Ukraine. (OSV News photo/Gina Christian)

Thousands gather to honor martyrs old and new in Ukraine

Thousands gathered at a beloved pilgrimage site in Ukraine to honor martyrs slain in Soviet times, while mourning soldiers killed in Russia's current full-scale invasion of their land.
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An art installation representing Russian crimes in Ukraine is seen near the Soviet Military Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland, May 9, 2023. (OSV News photo/Slawomir Kaminski, Agencja Wyborcza.pl via Reuters)

Ukrainian Scholars Give Advice to British Experts on Russian Crimes

Leading forensic experts at the British University of Exeter are collecting evidence and testimonies of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. In the course of their work, they met with Ukrainian religious scholars on May 25 to better prepare for future ...
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