Ukraine

Concerns surround Ukraine peace talks

Ukraine voice lacking at high-level Russia-U.S. talks

Quinton Amundson · February 20, 2025

As the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approached, a sense of urgency to end the Russia-Ukraine war emanating from the United States created a flurry of traffic on social media and in news outlets.

Pope Francis to Ukrainian youth: Remember your heroes, forgive your enemies

Cindy Wooden · February 3, 2025

Forgiving others is never easy, and it is even more difficult in a situation of war, but it is essential, Pope Francis told Ukrainian young adults.

Pope Francis accepts invitation to Ukraine, major archbishop says, but nothing is 'guaranteed'

OSV News · December 27, 2024

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych set Ukrainian hopes high for the Jubilee Year by saying that Pope Francis accepted an invitation to visit Ukraine in 2025.

Despite fear in Ukraine, keep going, pope tells Cardinal Krajewski

Paulina Guzik · December 24, 2024

The papal point man for charity, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, opened a soup kitchen in Fastiv, in Ukraine's Kyiv region, Dec. 23 and was heading east to Kharkiv to spend Christmas "in the city where Russian bombs fell first and the war started" on Feb. 24, 2022.

Kyiv's St. Nicholas Catholic church suffers damage during Russian morning attack

OSV News · December 20, 2024

During a Dec. 20 Russian missile strike on Kyiv, Catholic St. Nicholas church, a significant architectural monument of the Ukrainian capital, suffered damage.

Papal charity point man driving to Ukraine for Christmas

Paulina Guzik · December 19, 2024

For Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, driving home for Christmas means taking a different route each year. In 2024, he marks his second Christmas in war-torn Ukraine.

Cardinal Parolin warns war in Ukraine could spiral out of control

Carol Glatz · November 22, 2024

The situation in Ukraine is very "worrisome" and could spiral out of control, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

Pope Francis meets Ukrainian first lady, decries war as 'shameful tragedy'

Cindy Wooden · November 20, 2024

With Ukraine's first lady seated in the front row, Pope Francis told people at his general audience that it is "a shameful tragedy for all humanity" that Russia's war on Ukraine has lasted more than 1,000 days.

Pope Francis and Zelenskyy discuss repatriation of Ukrainian captives

Justin McLellan · October 11, 2024

Pope Francis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met for the third time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, focusing their discussion on the repatriation of Ukrainian nationals held in Russian captivity.

Thousands mourn Ukrainian family killed in a Russian strike on Lviv

Gina Christian · September 9, 2024

Lviv mourned the victims of the Sept. 4 Russian strike on the residential buildings as thousands gathered Sept. 6 for funeral services of a mother and her three daughters.