Pope Francis has not accepted an invitation to travel to Moscow in June to meet with Vladimir Putin, the director of the Holy See press office said.
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Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
A Ukranian Catholic priest assesses the war with Russia 2 years in: our spirit is ‘unbreakable’
“If you talk today with the widows who have lost their husbands, and mothers who have lost their sons, you will understand why Russia did not succeed.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Don’t ignore Alexei Navalny’s Christian faith
We risk missing the lessons of Alexei Navalny’s death for his principles if we ignore his very Christian understanding of suffering.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vantage Point
Walter Ciszek, the Soviet gulag and American freedoms
The death yesterday in a Russian penal colony of Alexei Navalny might naturally bring to mind the story of Walter Ciszek, S.J., the famed American Jesuit who spent 23 years in Soviet captivity.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Archbishop Gudziak: ‘If Russia puts down arms, the war’s over. If Ukraine puts down arms, Ukraine’s over.’
The Ukrainian Catholic archbishop of Philadelphia and Metropolitan for the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States speaks about his church’s synod and its meeting with Pope Francis.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Russia ready to receive Pope Francis’ peace envoy again after Cardinal Zuppi’s Beijing visit
As Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis’ special envoy for peace in Ukraine, concluded his three-day visit to Beijing, surprising news came from Moscow.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Ukrainian bishops tell Pope Francis his praise for Russian heritage was painful and disappointing
The Ukrainian bishops did not hold back during a nearly two-hour private audience with the pope.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis stirs controversy by urging young Russians to be proud of their heritage
The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said Ukrainians were shocked when Pope Francis told Russian Catholic youths to be proud of their heritage and cited two historic Russian leaders that, the archbishop said, are “the worst example of imperialism and extreme Russian nationalism.”
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Ukraine ambassador to the Vatican: Russia is a ‘terrorist’ state
Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See said the onslaught of attacks on Odesa and several surrounding cities shows that Russia’s actions are no different than the actions of a terrorist organization.
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Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy is in Washington to discuss children kidnapped by Russia
Pope Francis’ peace envoy was traveling to Washington on Monday as part of the Holy See’s peace initiatives for Ukraine, hoping to support humanitarian operations especially concerning children, the Vatican said Monday.