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A YEAR OF BUMPS IN THE ROAD FOR POPE FRANCIS

03/25/2024 at 2:57 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Raymond J. de Souza, First Things, March 25, 2024 The Holy Father’s eleventh anniversary (March 19) fell at a difficult moment, with a global controversy over his Ukrainian “white flag” remarks, in which he said that Ukraine should negotiate an end to the war with Russia. It is... read more

A Neverending Talker and Expert on All Subjects: Pope Francis calls on Ukraine to surrender – by Roberto de Mattei

03/13/2024 at 2:12 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Robert De Mattei, Rorate Caeli, March 13, 2024 Catholic Church: Pope Francis calls on Ukraine to surrender? In an interview with Swiss Radio & Television, anticipated by agencies on March 9, Pope Francis called on Ukraine to have the courage to raise the white flag and negotiate. "I... read more

Parolin: For the Pope, negotiation is not surrender, but a condition for just and lasting peace

03/12/2024 at 7:18 AM By Kevin Edward White
Following Pope Francis' interview on the war in Ukraine with Radio Télévision Suisse, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin discusses the issue with the Italian newspaper 'Corriere della Sera', saying there is a risk of nuclear escalation. By Vatican News, March 12, 2024 We publish... read more

Pope Francis’ ‘white flag’ comments echo ‘Kremlin propagandists’ say Ukrainian Catholics

03/11/2024 at 7:45 AM By Kevin Edward White
By The Pillar, March 11, 2024 The Vatican issued an urgent clarification Saturday, after Pope Francis called for Ukrainians to “have the courage of the white flag” in excerpts from an upcoming TV interview, triggering a fierce backlash from Ukrainian officials and Catholic leaders. But... read more

Vladimir Putin Is No Christian Hero

03/03/2024 at 8:16 AM By Kevin Edward White
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: This misplaced esteem speaks volumes about where the U.S. is as a country right now. By Michael Warsaw, Publisher, National Catholic Register, March 1, 2024 One of the more striking aspects about Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Vladimir Putin was... read more

COMMUNIQUÉ regarding the reception by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of the declaration of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith “Fiducia Supplicans” on the pastoral significance of blessings  

01/05/2024 at 2:15 PM By Kevin Edward White
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (2nd largest church in Catholic Church) Rejects Francis’ Gay Declaration as Inapplicable to Eastern Catholic Churches: "A blessing can in no way contradict Church teaching on family as faithful, indissoluble, and fruitful union of love between a man and a... read more

Pope Francis Reflects On ‘Tormented’ Ukraine Marking Holodomor Remembrance Day

11/26/2023 at 5:16 PM By Kevin Edward White
Pope Francis on November 26 called the Holodomor a “lacerating wound” that has been made even more painful for Ukraine by the ongoing war. Speaking at the Vatican one day after Ukraine's Holodomor Remembrance Day, Francis noted that "tormented" Ukraine commemorated "the genocide... read more

Russian drones destroy Caritas warehouse in Ukraine attack

09/20/2023 at 7:33 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Gina Christian, Our Sunday Visitor, September 20, 2023 (OSV News) — A Russian aerial attack on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv has killed one and destroyed a warehouse belonging to Caritas-Spes, the Roman Catholic mission of Caritas in Ukraine. Russian forces launched a wave of... read more

Vatican bank rebuts ‘impossible’ Russian money claims

09/12/2023 at 10:53 AM By Kevin Edward White
The Pillar, September 11, 2023 Vatican City’s commercial bank denied Saturday that it holds deposits and lends money to the Russian state. The charge was leveled by a senior advisor to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who accused the Vatican’s Bank of harboring Russian funds, despite... read more

Head of the UGCC: “From St. Peter’s Tomb, we say to Rome and the world: Ukraine stands! Ukraine fights! Ukraine prays!”

09/10/2023 at 12:28 PM By Kevin Edward White
Ukranian Greek Catholic Church, September 10, 2023 On September 10, 2023, the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was held at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, presided over by His Beatitude Sviatoslav in concelebration with the bishops of the Synod of the Ukrainian... read more

Zelensky advisor blasts Pope as ‘pro-Russian’ and ‘not credible,’ rejecting Vatican mediation

09/09/2023 at 9:58 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Crux Staff, September 9, 2023 ROME – A senior advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has labeled Pope Francis as “pro-Russian” and “not credible,” flatly rejecting any prospect that the Vatican might play mediating role in the current Russian war in the country. The... read more

Pope Francis Praises Historical Russian Imperialism Amid War in Ukraine

08/28/2023 at 12:17 PM By Kevin Edward White

Pope Francis gives Ukrainian President sculpture of olive branch

05/13/2023 at 12:41 PM By Kevin Edward White

WHAT UKRAINE MEANS

04/25/2023 at 7:24 AM By Kevin Edward White

Ukraine Faults Vatican for ‘Equating Victim and Aggressor’ During Way of the Cross

04/11/2023 at 11:32 AM By Kevin Edward White

8 Facts about Russia and Its Ukrainian War

03/13/2023 at 12:49 PM By Kevin Edward White

Young bishop of Russian Orthodox Church: Ukraine war is ‘scandalous’

02/02/2023 at 7:48 PM By Kevin Edward White

Russian Orthodox Leader: Ukraine is a Catholic Conspiracy, the Pope is a Monster and a Thief

01/11/2023 at 4:49 PM By Kevin Edward White

Vatican Confirms Apology To Moscow Over Pope Comments

12/15/2022 at 2:13 PM By Kevin Edward White

Pope Francis Cries For The Suffering Of Ukraine In Front Of The Immaculate Conception

12/11/2022 at 11:27 PM By Kevin Edward White