The world is witnessing “ever-more horrendous acts of cruelty done against civilians, unarmed women and children, whose innocent blood cries out to heaven and implores, ‘End this war.’”
Ukraine
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Pope Francis is wise to not call out Putin directly. Here’s why.
By tempering his rhetoric on Ukraine, the pope is protecting his role as a peacemaker. He is also downplaying any conflict between Western Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis last spoke to Putin before New Year’s, is willing to visit Kyiv but that is ‘up in the air’
Answering a question from America’s Vatican correspondent, Pope Francis indicated he has not spoken directly to President Putin since the war started.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
President Zelensky’s love of Ukraine is at the heart of ‘Servant of the People’
Watching “Servant of the People,” I find myself called to gratitude, hope and mourning.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Former Jesuit superior of Ukraine: ‘Putin is destroying the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine.’
“If Putin says something on Tuesday, the Russian Patriarch has to say the same thing on Wednesday but just putting the word ‘God’ into the sentence,” David Nazar, S.J., said in an exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Understanding Orthodoxy, the shared religion of Ukraine and Russia
Why one Orthodox patriarch can denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine even while another supports it
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: Stop the War in Ukraine! Silence the guns! Negotiate seriously for peace!
On Day 32 of the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis made another passionate appeal to political leaders “to understand that every day of war makes worse the situation for everyone.”
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis: Consecrating Russia and Ukraine to Mary is ‘not a magic formula but a spiritual act.’
Pope Francis presided Friday over a special prayer for Ukraine that harked back to a century-old apocalyptic Fatima prophecy about peace and Russia.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The war in Ukraine is not as simple as good versus evil for scholars of liberation theology
While the United States and Europe have quickly elevated Vladimir Putin to the role of primary wrongdoer, many leading Catholic theorists in Latin America are not willing to promote a simple vilification of the Russian side.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Watch: Pope Francis consecrates Ukraine and Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary
“In every age you make yourself known to us, calling us to conversion. At this dark hour, help us and grant us your comfort.”