By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Jul 7, 2023 / 14:53 pm The Biden administration announced Friday that it would be sending possibly hundreds of thousands of highly controversial “cluster bombs” to aid in Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russia. The bombs which instantaneously drop dozens to hundreds of explosives over a large area, …

by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jun 5, 2023 / 07:55 am Cardinal Matteo Zuppi arrived in Kyiv on Monday to carry out the peace mission entrusted to him by Pope Francis. The Vatican announced June 5 that Zuppi will spend two days in the Ukraine capital “to listen in depth …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, May 13, 2023 / 09:52 am Pope Francis and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, met at the Vatican on Saturday. The May 13 encounter — their first since Russia initiated a full-scale war in Ukraine over 14 months ago — was around 40 minutes long. …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Nov 7, 2022 / 08:39 am The leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church gave Pope Francis a piece from an exploded Russian mine during a visit to the Vatican on Monday. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk is in Rome this week to speak with Pope Francis …

By CNA Staff Rome Newsroom, Nov 6, 2022 / 10:00 am Pope Francis addressed the fight for women’s equality during a press conference aboard the papal plane to Rome on Sunday. Speaking in-flight from Bahrain to Italy Nov. 6, the pope said women are a gift to society — but the …

by CNA Staff Denver Newsroom, Oct 26, 2022 / 13:33 pm Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov said his government is willing to talk with Pope Francis, the United States, and France to find a solution to the war in Ukraine. “We are willing to discuss all this (the situation in …

by Solène Tadié Krakow, Poland, Mar 23, 2022 / 13:00 pm In the month since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than two million people have crossed the border with Poland seeking refuge. In the Polish city of Kraków, the local Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski has shown his support for …

by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Sep 13, 2022 / 09:00 am Pope Francis arrived in Kazakhstan Tuesday urging dialogue and peace in the face of Russia’s “senseless and tragic war” in Ukraine. In a speech to Kazakh civil authorities and diplomats in the capital city of Nur-Sultan on Sept. 13, …

by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Aug 13, 2022 / 04:45 am Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he spoke with Pope Francis over the phone on Friday and thanked the pope for his prayers and humanitarian support. In a tweet posted on Aug. 12, Zelenskyy wrote that he had …

By CNA Staff Vatican City, May 26, 2022 / 06:42 am The Vatican is inviting Catholics to join Pope Francis in praying the rosary for peace in Ukraine and around the world at the end of the Marian month of May. The pope will pray the rosary before the statue of …