Biden discusses war, humanitarian concerns in Ukraine with papal envoy
OSV News
July 19, 2023
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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US to Provide Ukraine Cluster Munitions Opposed by the Church As ‘Inhumane’
OSV News
July 17, 2023
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’
OSV News
July 12, 2023
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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Thousands gather to honor martyrs old and new in Ukraine
OSV News
June 29, 2023
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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Ukrainian Scholars Give Advice to British Experts on Russian Crimes
OSV News
June 8, 2023
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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Russian missile destroys Transfiguration Cathedral’s central altar in Odesa