Genocide report on Ukraine ‘worst news possible,’ says archbishop
OSV News
August 18, 2023
A new report on Russian atrocities in Ukraine is both "the worst possible news" and "welcome," a Ukrainian Catholic archbishop told OSV News.
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Russian missile destroys Transfiguration Cathedral’s central altar in Odesa
OSV News
July 25, 2023
(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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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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GOP presidential contenders spar over abortion, immigration, Ukraine and Trump in first debate