This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle discuss why Pope Francis is pessimistic about peace talks with Russia.
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Cardinal Dolan visits Ukraine: ‘There is no depression…there is hope.’
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he was surprised and inspired by Ukrainians he met when he made a brief visit to Lviv, Ukraine.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Turf is one of the worst polluting fossil fuels. The Irish turf-burning industry could learn something from Pope Francis
Destroying bogland is the Irish equivalent of burning the Amazon.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: ‘I am ready to go to Moscow’ to end the war in Ukraine
Pope Francis is willing to help negotiate an end to the Russian war against Ukraine, but warned that religious leaders “are not clerics of the state.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis asks Catholics to pray a rosary for peace in Ukraine every day during the month of May
As the Russian attack on Ukraine entered its 67th day, Pope Francis called on Catholics worldwide to pray the rosary every day during the month of May for peace.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Former ambassador to the Holy See and Russia on Pope Francis’ Ukraine dilemma
This week on Inside The Vatican, Ricardo da Silva, S.J. interviews Anne Leahy, who once served as the Canadian ambassador to Russia and later to the Holy See, to understand Pope Francis and the Vatican in its relations with Russia.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
American hearts bleed for Ukrainians. But Latin Americans? Meh.
Do Americans care about Ukrainians because they recognize them as victims of Vladimir Putin? Do Americans need a “big baddie” to hate before we take action on behalf of the poor and persecuted?
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
There are plenty of good reasons for Pope Francis not to go to Ukraine. Futility is not one of them.
After months of saying publicly he would do everything possible to stop the war in Ukraine, including making a visit to the besieged country, Pope Francis said that a trip to Ukraine was now off the table.
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Podcast: If Russia isn’t listening, do Pope Francis’ calls for peace in Ukraine matter?
In this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell examine what diplomatic and religious relationships the Vatican has to keep in mind as it weighs its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis suspends planned meeting with Russia’s Patriarch Kirill and explains why he hasn’t visited Kyiv
“I am ready to do everything to stop the war,” the pope said in an interview with La Nación. “Everything!”