Ukraine - Vatican News

01/09/2025

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV: May Ukraine keep the flame of hope alive each day

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV asks for prayers for peace for war-torn Ukraine in a letter to Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, who will represent him in Lviv on 6 September at celebrations marking the ...

Ukrainians bring flowers and toys to the site of a Russian strike in Kyiv that killed 23 people, including 4 children

31/08/2025

杏MAP导航: ‘Arms must fall silent, voice of fraternity and justice must prevail’

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV renews his closeness to the Ukrainian people, appealing for an immediate ceasefire, and prays for the victims of the Catholic school shooting in Minnesota and migrants ...

A father and son view the aftermath of a Russian strike on residential building in Kyiv

30/08/2025

Ukrainian politician shot dead in Lviv after massive Russian attacks

Authorities say a Ukrainian politician who previously served as the parliament speaker has been shot dead in the western city of Lviv. Saturday’s killing came on the day that ...

Aftermath of Russian airstrikes on civilian targets in Kyiv

29/08/2025

Deadly Russian strikes devastate Kyiv, kill at least 23

The death toll from Russian rocket and drone strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv continues to rise. Authorities said Friday that at least 23 people, including children, were ...

In Cabo Delagdo people hold up peace signs

24/08/2025

杏MAP导航 prays for Mozambique: that the country’s leaders restore peace and security

After the Sunday Angelus, 杏MAP导航 Leo turns his thoughts to Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province and to Ukraine, urging prayer and closeness for peoples wounded by violence and war.

Destruction in Ukraine, in Sumy. April 2025

24/08/2025

杏MAP导航: I pray the weapons in Ukraine fall silent and the path to dialogue be opened

On Ukraine’s national feast, 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV send a message to the president of the war-torn nation, assuring his prayers for the country and its people.

File photo: Pilgrims in St Peter's Square hold up a Ukrainian flag

24/08/2025

Shevchuk: There is great hope that the war in Ukraine will end

On the day Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day, three and a half years after the Russian invasion, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk speaks about the sufferings and hopes of ...

Ukrainian Pilgrims in Prayer at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican

21/08/2025

Latin Church in Ukraine: We welcome every effort for peace with hope

Bishop Vitalij Skomarovskyj, president of the Latin Rite episcopate in Ukraine, expresses his gratitude to 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV for proclaiming 22 August as a day of prayer and peace for ...

杏MAP导航 Leo greets the faithful as he leaves Castel Gandolfo to return to the Vatican

19/08/2025

杏MAP导航 Leo says there is hope for Ukraine, but work and prayer are needed

We must “truly seek the way forward, to find peace,” the 杏MAP导航 told journalists Tuesday night before returning to the Vatican from Castel Gandolfo, where he had gone for a second ...

18/08/2025

Zelenskyy urges U.S. and Europe to stand with Ukraine as Russia escalates attacks

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for unwavering U.S. and European support as Russia intensified deadly strikes on multiple Ukrainian cities ahead of high-stakes ...

US President Trump, Russian President Putin meet in Alaska

16/08/2025

Zelenskyy heads to Washington as Trump-Putin Summit ends without concrete peace plan

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will travel to Washington on Monday for talks with U.S. President Donald J. Trump, following the U.S.–Russia summit in Alaska that ...

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV has returned to Castel Gandolfo for a second period of a summer break until August 19

13/08/2025

杏MAP导航: Stop war in Ukraine and hunger in Gaza, may hostages be freed

As he arrived at the Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo, 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV spoke about ceasefire talks for Ukraine, a resolution of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and the release of ...

13/08/2025

Ukraine’s president in Berlin amid concerns over Trump-Putin summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Germany’s capital, Berlin, on Wednesday to join a videoconference with European leaders and U.S. President Donald J. Trump amid ...

Bishop Maksym Ryabukha from the Exarchate of Donetsk in Ukraine, just 18 miles from the front line

13/08/2025

Bishop near front lines in Ukraine: ‘Half the exarchate is off-limits'

One of the youngest bishops in the world serves the community of east-central Ukraine, where the violence continues and has left the cathedral closed and the bishop constantly ...

11/08/2025

European leaders call for Ukraine’s involvement peace summit

European leaders have called on U.S. President Donald J. Trump to involve Ukraine in a planned summit with his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, on ending the war in ...

08/08/2025

Trump to meet Putin and discuss Ukraine conflict

U.S. President Donald J. Trump says he will meet with Vladimir Putin for talks expected to be held in a third country, and focus on 'freezing' the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Putin meets U.S. envoy Witkoff in Moscow

07/08/2025

Trump seeking face-to-face talks with Putin as sanctions near

Officials say U.S. President Donald J. Trump is seeking a direct, face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week, in a bid to end Moscow’s war ...

The site where 28 Kyiv residents were killed in a Russian airstrike

03/08/2025

Kyiv suffers massive air strikes prompting retaliatory attacks

Authorities say Russia launched a massive missile attack on Kyiv early Sunday, shortly after what is believed to be Moscow’s deadliest airstrike of the year on the Ukrainian ...

Aftermath of an overnight Israeli strike on an UNRWA school that was sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis

03/08/2025

杏MAP导航 Leo: We are with the young people of Gaza, Ukraine and war-torn lands

At the conclusion of the closing Mass for the Jubilee of Youth, 杏MAP导航 Leo remembers young people suffering "the most serious evils" caused by other human beings, mentioning ...

30/07/2025

'A hope that never disappoints'

The head of the Commission for Youth of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is in Rome with thousands of young people celebrating their Jubilee. He speaks of the power of witness ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State

28/07/2025

Cardinal Parolin reiterates call for Palestinian state and decries hunger in Gaza

In a conversation with journalists on the sidelines of a Jubilee event for digital influencers, Cardinal Parolin emphasizes the importance of recognizing two states, Israel and ...

File photo of Caritas Ukraine solidarity operations in war zones

26/07/2025

Caritas Europa reaffirms support for Ukraine amid ongoing war

Caritas Europa leaders visit Ukraine to reaffirm solidarity and call for sustained support amid escalating humanitarian needs and ongoing conflict.

Aftermath of Russian overnight shelling in Odesa

24/07/2025

Russia, Ukraine truce talks overshadowed by new fighting

Russian and Ukrainian officials have met briefly in Istanbul, Turkey, for the latest round of talks aimed at ending Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II. The session was ...

Father Yaroslav Rokhman serving Ukrainian faithful as hospital chaplain

24/07/2025

Ukraine hospital chaplain: Under the bombs with faith and resilience

In an interview with Vatican Media, Father Yaroslav Rokhman, who ministers at the perinatal center of Ivano-Frankivsk, speaks of the fear experienced by women forced to take ...

At least two people dead and 15 injured in Russian overnight attack on Ukraine

21/07/2025

Another round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks could be in the works

As the United Nations reports that June 2025 was the most-deadly month for civilians in Ukraine since February 2022, and after negotiations stalled between the two countries in ...

Bishop Crociata and Fr Barrios Prieto visit a Ukrainian military graveyard

19/07/2025

COMECE delegation makes ‘solidarity visit’ to Ukraine

Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto speaks to Vatican News about the recent COMECE visit to war-torn Ukraine, which aimed "to see the reality there with our eyes, and touch it with our ...

Aid packages are loaded aboard a truck to help suffering families in Kharkiv, Ukraine

16/07/2025

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV sends food to families in Ukraine's Kharkiv

Donations from 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV, sent through the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, have been delivered to the residents of the bomb-stricken Ukrainian town of Staryi Saltiv and ...

15/07/2025

Head of chaplains in Ukraine: 'We help soldiers and families heal'

Bishop Bohdan Manyshyn, head of Military Chaplaincy for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, explains his office's various initiatives to support soldiers returning from the front ...

Aftermath of overnight combined Russian strikes on Ukraine

13/07/2025

Archbishop Gudziak: Walking the Way of the Cross with Ukraine

Metropolitan Borys Gudziak, Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, talks about how the Church continues to walk alongside suffering Ukrainians, ...

Anna Bjerde, World Bank Managing Director of Operations, at Vatican News' offices in Rome

12/07/2025

World Bank mobilises $80 billion to reconstruct Ukraine

Anna Bjerde, Managing Director of Operations at the World Bank, speaks to Vatican News about the organisation’s support for war-torn Ukraine – from financing repairs to energy ...

Children's handprints decorate the wall of the culture centre of the Ukrainian frontline village of Kalynove, Kharkiv region

11/07/2025

Disrupted schooling in Ukraine has led to ‘emotional instability in children’

The director of the largest global fund dedicated to education explains to Vatican News how the war in Ukraine has dramatically impacted children’s access to education.

Josef Blotz, Grand Hospitaller of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, visits a school in Lima, Peru

11/07/2025

Faith and service are ‘fuel to sustain Order of Malta for next thousand years’

Josef Blotz, Grand Hospitaller of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since February 2025, speaks to Vatican News about the Order’s priorities to help people in areas of conflict ...

File photo of a Ukrainian child displaced by war

10/07/2025

UNICEF weighs the cost of war on Ukraine’s children

As the war in Ukraine stretches out into its third year, a UNICEF report reveals that 70% or 3.5 million of Ukrainian children are deprived of accessing basic goods and services.

Damage at a residential building following a major overnight Russian attack in Kyiv on the 10th of July 2025

10/07/2025

Kulbokas: Attacks on Kyiv continue to increase recently damaging to the Nunciature

The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine comments on the current situation in the capital, where dozens upon dozens of Russian missiles have struck - some even in the district where the ...

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV and President Volodymyr Zelensky

09/07/2025

杏MAP导航 meets with Ukrainian President

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV and President Volodymyr Zelensky discuss the war in Ukraine, the return of forcibly deported Ukrainian children, and the Holy See’s continued support for dialogue and ...

Infantry soldier Viktor of Ukraine's 58th Motorized Brigade scans the sky for drones as he stands in a frontline trench in the Donetsk region

06/07/2025

Concerns mount over the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine

Western intelligence raises grave concerns over Moscow's military conduct, calling for restraint and investigation.

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV during his dialogue with children of the Vatican summer camp

04/07/2025

杏MAP导航 Leo dialogues with children: "Build bridges from an early age"

杏MAP导航 Leo has a dialogue with children participating in the Vatican's summer camp who gathered with him yesterday in the Paul VI Hall. With them also a group of around 300 young ...

杏MAP导航 Francis greets the children gathered in the Paul VI Hall

03/07/2025

Ukrainian and Vatican summer camp children receive visit by 杏MAP导航 Leo

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV meets with over 600 children in the Paul VI Hall, including participants from the Vatican’s summer camp and Ukrainian children hosted by Caritas Italiana.

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV greets President Andrzej Duda of Poland

03/07/2025

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV receives President of the Republic of Poland

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV receives in private audience President Andrzej Duda, of Poland. One topic to which particular attention was given is the ongoing war in Ukraine.

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV addresses members of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

02/07/2025

杏MAP导航 to Ukrainian Bishops: Let us remain united in faith, hope

In an Audience with members of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV recalls the duty of Bishops “to serve Christ in every wounded and suffering ...

The Daughters of Divine Charity, the Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great, the Sisters of the Augustinian Congregation "Hermanas del Amparo," and the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts gathered in the Vatican

30/06/2025

Ukrainian sister on meeting the 杏MAP导航: ‘Prayer and faith help us not give up'

Ahead of her order’s General Chapter, Sr. Emanujila Vishka, OSBM, recounts her experience meeting 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV and the ongoing aid her congregation provides to those in need in ...

2025.06.28 Saluto al Pellegrinaggio giubilare della Chiesa Greco-Cattolica Ucraina

28/06/2025

杏MAP导航 to Ukrainian Greek Catholics: 'Your faith is being put to the test'

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV acknowledges that the faith of Ukrainian Greek Catholics is being put to a severe test, "amid this senseless war," but stresses that the Lord will have the final word ...

杏MAP导航 Leo blesses representatives of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches (ROACO) on June 26, 2025

26/06/2025

杏MAP导航 to ROACO: May Eastern Churches bear witness amid pain of conflict

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV meets with members of the Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches, and encourages Eastern-rite Catholics to bear witness to Christ’s peace amid the destruction wrought ...

Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia

19/06/2025

Bishop of Kharkiv: We are a Church under bombs that loves and defies death

In an interview with Vatican Media, Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia, who met 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV at the General Audience, says he will bring the 杏MAP导航’s blessing to his ...

Rescuers in Kyiv search the rubble of an apartment building struck by Russian airstrikes earlier this week

19/06/2025

Ukraine, Russia talks uncertain amid deadly strikes on Kyiv

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he was ready to meet with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy but only during a “final phase” of negotiations on ending ...

Russian drone and misille strike in Kyiv

18/06/2025

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV echoes the cry of Francis: War is always a defeat!

Warning that the “atrocity” of modern scientific weapons risks leading combatants “to barbarism far greater than in the past,” 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV reminds world leaders that “war is ...

Sr. Gabriele coordinates the family assistance centre

17/06/2025

Sacred Family of Nazareth Sisters in Zhytomyr: Shelter, prayer, hope amid war

Three religious sisters from the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth run a kindergarten and a family assistance centre in the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr, meeting the needs ...

Residents of Gauraka, in Nigeria's Niger state, protest against kidnappings and killings (From 2021)

15/06/2025

杏MAP导航 prays for victims of ‘terrible massacre’ in Benue State, Nigeria

At the Sunday Angelus, 杏MAP导航 Leo prays for victims of conflicts in Nigeria, Sudan, Myanmar, Ukraine, and the Middle East.

杏MAP导航 Leo greets young people from Kharkiv, Ukraine, at the General Audience on June 11, 2025

12/06/2025

With war ever present, young people from Kharkiv visit the 杏MAP导航

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV meets with a group of 32 young men and women from Ukraine, who presented the 杏MAP导航 with a framed photo of one of their classmates who was killed last year in a bombing. ...

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV's help arrives in Kharkiv

12/06/2025

杏MAP导航 Leo continues Vatican's solidarity with Ukraine

A truck loaded with humanitarian aid has arrived in Kharkiv, one of the Ukrainian cities most severely affected by recent Russian attacks. The Papal Almoner reaffirms the ...

A woman walks past St. Sophia's Cathedral after the Russian drone attack on June 10, 2025

11/06/2025

Kyiv’s historic Cathedral damaged in Russian air strikes

As Russian drones bomb the 11th-century Holy Wisdom Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak says the cathedral holds "unique spiritual symbolism and ...

The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Vivaldas Kulbokas, speaking with 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV in the Vatican

09/06/2025

Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine: I shared with 杏MAP导航 Leo our hope and sorrow

The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, speaks to Vatican News following his first audience with 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV in the Vatican, reflecting on "the very ...

A Ukrainian man stands on the rubble of a damaged building in Orikhiv in the Zaporizhia region

04/06/2025

Cardinal Parolin: ‘No war is inevitable, no peace is impossible’

In an interview with the Italian daily “La Stampa,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin reiterates the Holy See’s unwavering commitment to peace, warning against the normalization of war and ...

Ukrainian women hold photos of their missing relatives

03/06/2025

Ukraine: Shedding light on war crimes to restore hope

Valeriya Ygoshyna, a Ukrainian investigative journalist, has worked since the start of the war in Ukraine to gather proof of Russian violence against Ukrainian citizens, seeking to ...

Istanbul Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine

02/06/2025

Ukrainian-Russian peace talks held despite fighting ?

Another round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia has begun in Istanbul, Turkey, despite new reports of Russian attacks hitting Ukraine after Kyiv hit Russia with drones.

29/05/2025

Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine: As a Church and as humanity, we continue to pray

The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, says that the recent Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange shows that “even if political issues remain unresolved, ...

A mourner reacts besides the bodies of members of the Al-Arabeed family killed in Israeli strikes, at Al Shifa hospital, in Gaza City

28/05/2025

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine and ceasefire in Gaza

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV reiterates his appeal for peace in Ukraine and calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, along with the liberation of hostages and renewed efforts to protect children.

Palestinians walk amid the destruction of Gaza

27/05/2025

Cardinal Parolin: Enough bombs in Gaza; we call for truce in Ukraine

In an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin calls international humanitarian law to be respected in Gaza, urges Hamas to release all hostages, ...

In Kyiv, people walk past a multistory residential building damaged by Russian attacks

25/05/2025

Russia continues massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine

Authorities say Russia has continued its largest air raid in three years of the war against Ukraine in a second straight night of massive drone and ballistic missile strikes in ...

24/05/2025

Russia launches heaviest attack on Kyiv in years

Authorities in Ukraine say Russia has launched a large-scale drone and missile strike on Kyiv, injuring 15 people. It is seen as one of the biggest assaults on the Ukrainian ...

24/05/2025

Holy See opposes rearmament, calls for respect of humanitarian law

Our Editorial Director reflects on the Holy See’s intervention at the UN, drawing on the words of 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV, noting that concrete steps are urgently needed to protect civilians ...

Ukraine and Russia exchange hundreds of prisoners of war

23/05/2025

Large-scale Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap underway

Officials say Russia and Ukraine have begun one of the largest prisoner exchanges since the outbreak of the war, after their first direct talks in more than three years.

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV blesses the image of Our Lady of Good Counsel at the end of Mass on Sunday, May 18

18/05/2025

杏MAP导航 at Regina Caeli: ‘We cannot forget those suffering due to war’

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV appeals for peace in war-torn parts of the world, praying for people suffering because of war, especially in Gaza, Myanmar, and Ukraine.

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15/05/2025

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV meets with head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The Major Archbishop of Kyiv expresses his gratitude to 杏MAP导航 Leo while meeting with him in a private audience on Thursday morning. The Archbishop gives him a painting entitled ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Turkey

15/05/2025

Istanbul hosts first direct Ukraine-Russia peace talks

Hundreds of journalists gathered in Istanbul on Thursday afternoon as Ukraine and Russia were scheduled to hold their first direct talks there after more than 3 years of war. ...

14/05/2025

Cardinal Parolin: We hope talks in Istanbul open paths to peace

On the sidelines of an event on Ukraine at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks about the direct negotiations starting Thursday in ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a press conference after meeting EU leaders in Kyiv

12/05/2025

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV speaks by phone with Ukraine's President Zelensky

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have spoken by phone following the 杏MAP导航's appeal "that every effort be made" for long and lasting peace in Ukraine and that ...

At least two people died and seven people were injured during an overnight Russian attack in Kyiv

11/05/2025

European leaders in Kyiv remember the fallen, call for peace

European leaders visited Kyiv on Saturday to discuss the road toward peace between Ukraine and Russia, and to remember the fallen soldiers.

11/05/2025

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV at Regina Coeli: Never again war!

Following his first Regina Coeli, 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV issues an appeal for an end to the conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, and on the India/Pakistan border.

Palestinians inspect the damage, following overnight Israeli strikes

06/05/2025

Cardinals invite faithful to pray for peace

The cardinals gathered for their General Congregation ahead of the conclave release a statement decrying the lack of peace agreements reached in conflict areas.

Aftermath of a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv

04/05/2025

Ukrainian residents seek peace after massive strikes

Authorities say Russia launched a massive drone attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, hitting a high-rise residential block, triggering fires, and injuring 46 people. ...

Presidents Trump and Zelensky hold a discussion in St. Peter's Basilica

26/04/2025

Trump and Zelensky discuss peace plans in St. Peter's Basilica

Just before the funeral Mass of 杏MAP导航 Francis, the Presidents of the United States and Ukraine met for a "very productive" discussion on the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Rally in Kyiv in early April called for return of Ukrainian prisoners of war

19/04/2025

Russia, Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners this Easter

As Easter approaches, there was some hope for hundreds of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war and scores of injured soldiers, with officials saying they are being exchanged on ...

Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin

18/04/2025

Cardinal Parolin: We can break the spiral of war only through dialogue

In an interview with the Italian newspaper “La Repubblica”, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks about the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, the role of ...

17/04/2025

France hosts talks on EU-US Ukraine peace plan

France is hosting talks with allies to discuss a path to peace in Ukraine ahead of Easter. The talks come after overnight Russian attacks on several Ukrainian cities reportedly ...

14/04/2025

Churches celebrate special Way of the Cross for POWs and peace in Kyiv

Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, speaks to Vatican News about the deep meaning of a special ecumenical Way of the Cross he presided over in Kiyv ...

Aftermath of the Russian missile attack in Sumy, Ukraine

14/04/2025

Bloody Palm Sunday. Archbishop Kulbokas: 'May God have mercy on us’

As Ukraine mourns the victims of the brutal missile attack in Sumy on Palm Sunday, the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine says there’s nothing left to do but to turn to God, because no ...

FILE PHOTO: Displaced Sudanese woman rests inside a shelter at Zamzam camp in North Darfur

13/04/2025

杏MAP导航 appeals for end to war in Sudan

On the eve of Holy Week, 杏MAP导航 Francis renews his call for dialogue in war-torn Sudan and asks the international community to provide humanitarian assistance to the beleaguered ...

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09/04/2025

News from the Orient – April 9, 2025

In this week's news from the Orient, produced in collaboration with L'?uvre d'Orient: The Louvre hosts icon conference, Continued bombing of Ukraine, Fifth Sunday of Byzantine ...

Cardinal Krajewski removes the Vatican license plates of the four ambulances

09/04/2025

Cardinal Krajewski: ‘杏MAP导航 called to support my mission to Ukraine’

杏MAP导航 Francis calls his papal almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, to express support for his mission to deliver four ambulances he donated and to offer his blessings to the ...

Cardinal Krajewski with the snow-covered ambulances in Ukraine

07/04/2025

Cardinal Krajewski brings 杏MAP导航’s gift of 4 ambulances to Ukraine

杏MAP导航 Francis has sent his papal almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, to Ukraine with a gift of four ambulances, which will be used to save lives along the frontlines of the war.

杏MAP导航 Francis greets the faithful after Mass

06/04/2025

Angelus: 杏MAP导航 calls for healthcare systems that prioritise poorest

In his Angelus message for this Sunday, 杏MAP导航 Francis asks that healthcare workers be supported and respect. He also calls for peace throughout the world, denouncing the violence in ...

File photo of Ukrainian soldiers released during a prisoner of war exchange with Russia

04/04/2025

Holy See and Russia discuss initiatives aimed at halting war in Ukraine

The Vatican Secretary for Relations with States speaks to his Russian counterpart by telephone to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and initiatives aimed at halting military ...

A general view of the church in Al-Qush village which was re-built in a way that mimics how Christians in the district lived in ancient times, in Duhok

03/04/2025

News from the Orient – April 2, 2025

In this week's news from the Orient, produced in collaboration with L'?uvre d'Orient: Attack on an Assyrian parade in Iraq, Ukraine's church remains wary, and Eastern Churches ...

28/03/2025

Cardinal Parolin urges lasting peace in Ukraine and Gaza

Calling for a disarmament of words and the rejection of nuclear weapons, Cardinal Parolin reiterates the Holy See’s long-standing commitment to peace, dialogue, and solidarity, and ...

The Superior General of the Vincentians visiting Ukraine (March 2025)

27/03/2025

'Under the drones and bombs, I found heroes in Ukraine'

The Superior General of the Vincentians, Father Tomaz? Mavric?, speaks to Vatican News about his visit this month to the order's religious communities across the country and how ...

A tomb in a Ukrainian cemetery - Credit Danielle Vella

22/03/2025

Ukraine: Pain, loss, faith, hope and resilience

The head of the JRS International Reconciliation Programme speaks of the ongoing sorrow, fear and grief of war-struck Ukrainians alongside the crucial humanitarian and spiritual ...

Cardinal Parolin on the sidelines of the event organized by the Moroccan Embassy to the Holy See

18/03/2025

Cardinal Parolin: May Ukraine-Russia ceasefire talks bring just, lasting peace

Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks to journalists about the 杏MAP导航’s call for disarmament, and calls for openness in dialogue to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

File photo from a Sunday Angelus in St. Peter's Square

17/03/2025

Cardinal Parolin and Ukraine's President discuss dialogue and prisoners

The Holy See Press Office issues a statement recalling the March 14 phone call between Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro ...

File photo of a meeting between Cardinal Parolin and President Zelensky

14/03/2025

Call between Zelensky and Cardinal Parolin: Prayers for 杏MAP导航 and appeal for peace

In a post on X, the Ukrainian president announces a telephone conversation with the Vatican Secretary of State.

US and Ukrainian officials meet in Saudi Arabia

12/03/2025

Kremlin 'studying' Ukraine-US ceasefire proposal

The Kremlin is studying details received from Washington about a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine after high-level delegations from Ukraine and the United States met in ...

11/03/2025

Ukraine: A volunteer and her therapy dogs help children heal

The Caritas office in Odesa launches a programme offering psychosocial and physical rehabilitation sessions for children affected by war. These sessions are led by Olena Velychenco ...

Flags of Saudi Arabia and Ukraine line King Abdulaziz Road in Jeddah

10/03/2025

Ukraine to propose partial ceasefire in upcoming Saudi talks

Ukraine says it plans to use upcoming talks with the US in Saudi Arabia to propose a ceasefire in the air and at sea.

10/03/2025

Arms imports soaring in Europe, SIPRI think tank says

According to the latest data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) imports of major arms by states in Europe have more than doubled in 2020-2024, ...

07/03/2025

News from the Orient - March 7, 2025

In this week's News from the Orient, produced in collaboration with L'Ouevre d'Orient: Lent begins across the Christian world, the Ukrainian Catholic Church calls for peace, Jordan ...

Several injured after Russian missile strikes hit Ukraine's Kharkiv

07/03/2025

US-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks scheduled amid intensified attacks

Ukraine’s President reiterates his call for an air and sea truce after Russian attacks overnight reportedly injured at least 18 people across the nation in one of its largest ...

05/03/2025

European Bishops praying for peace during Lent

The Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe release a statement in which they say that during Lent they will be praying for a just and sustainable peace.

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union

04/03/2025

EU Bishops: Ukraine’s struggle ‘will be decisive for the fate of Europe and the world’

The Presidency of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the EU releases a statement stressing the importance of continuining to support Ukraine and its people.

Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attend a summit on Ukraine, at Lancaster House in London, Britain, 2 March 2025

03/03/2025

European leaders promise Ukraine peace plan after London summit

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says European leaders have agreed to draw up a peace plan for Ukraine to present to the United States, following a summit on Sunday with 18 ...

A woman stands next to a crater following a missile attack in Kyiv

02/03/2025

Ukrainians long for peace amidst fresh fighting

杏MAP导航 Francis’ prayers for peace came amidst fresh missile strikes in Ukraine.

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