Praying for peace in Ukraine, Pope Francis remembered both the victims of Russia’s current aggression and the millions of victims of a Soviet-engineered famine 90 years ago.
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War, human rights abuses, corruption, banned beer: None of it will stop the magic of the World Cup.
Despite the headlines of worker deaths, FIFA corruption and L.G.B.T. human rights violations (and yes, banned beer), billions around the world welcome the World Cup with relief.
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Ukrainian archbishop tells Pope Francis: Russia wants to destroy, not negotiate
Pope Francis reiterated the Holy See’s commitment to end the fighting and find a way to obtain “a just peace.”
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Read: Pope Francis makes an urgent plea for peace at Rome’s Colosseum
“The plea for peace cannot be suppressed,” Pope Francis said today. “It rises from the hearts of mothers; it is deeply etched on the faces of refugees, displaced families, the wounded and the dying.”
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Two Jesuits report from the Ukraine front—standing up to Putin and serving refugees in Poland
How are negotiations possible, Father Andriy Zelinskyy asked, when the Russian opening position is: “Either you do what we want or we kill you.”
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Interview: U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican on Joe Biden and Pope Francis’ relationship, Ukraine and Catholic polarization
In an exclusive interview, Joe Donnelly, U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, discusses his diplomatic work with the Vatican—including on the war in Ukraine—with America associate editor Colleen Dulle.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis makes dramatic appeal to Putin: Stop the war in Ukraine
Reflecting his profound concern at the danger of an escalation of the war in Ukraine and the potential use of nuclear arms, Pope Francis called today for “an immediate ceasefire” to that war.
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Papal almoner visits newly discovered mass grave site in Ukraine
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski said he “could only pray” when he visited the mass grave site found recently in Ukraine, as he saw the solemn removal of bodies by young Ukrainians.
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Gunmen fire upon Cardinal Krajewski in Ukraine
Unknown gunmen fired upon the papal almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, as he and others attempted to deliver humanitarian aid in Ukraine on Saturday. No injuries were reported in the attack.
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Vatican: Pope Francis’ remarks on Russian car bomb victim were not a political affirmation
The Vatican said that Pope Francis’s comments on the death of Darya Dugina were meant to defend life, not affirm the Russian side of the war in Ukraine.