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.
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‘The Ukrainian heart is torn by the pope’s words’: nuncio summoned over Francis’ comments on car bomb
Although Pope Francis repeatedly has spoken out on behalf of the Ukrainian people, this was not the first time Ukrainian officials have been upset with Pope Francis for what they see as equating the actions of the aggressor with the victim.
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Pope Francis’ expected meeting with Patriarch Kirill is off after Russian Orthodox leader cancels Kazakhstan trip
The pope told the patriarch that “we are not clerics of the state, we cannot use the language of politics, but of Jesus.”
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Six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis calls for an end to ‘the madness of war’
“Today, in a special way, six months since the start of the war, let us think of Ukraine and Russia, two countries I consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary…. We need peace.”
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Will Pope Francis visit Ukraine? A September trip is possible.
After Pope Francis met with Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See, the ambassador suggested that a papal visit to that war-torn country may happen in the near future.
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What Pope Francis’ meeting with a top Orthodox official could signal for Russia-Vatican relations
For the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis received in a private audience this morning a top-ranking member of the Russian Orthodox Church, second only to patriarch Kirill of Moscow.
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Pope Francis could meet with Patriarch Kirill in Kazakhstan, still hopes to visit Ukraine
Pope Francis will travel next month to Kazakhstan, where he could meet with Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, who has supported Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
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Interview: Archbishop Gallagher on Vatican diplomacy, Ukraine and the threat of World War III
“We’re getting to a very dangerous situation worldwide,” the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states said, “and it wouldn’t take much to make things even worse” and to arrive at “a world in conflict.”