Pope Francis renews appeal for cease-fire in Gaza

Pope Francis held up a well-thumbed, camouflage-covered pocket edition of the New Testament and Psalms and a small fabric pouch containing a rosary.

Caritas starts developing long-term aid program in Ukraine

After two years of supporting communities throughout Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country, the Vatican-based charity confederation Caritas Internationalis is shifting to a long-term response plan to address the humanitarian fallout from the prolonged conflict in Ukraine.

Pope to Russia: Destroying grain, creating hunger is 'grave offense to God'

Destroying grain is a "grave offense to God," Pope Francis said, appealing to authorities in Russia as "my brothers" and urging them to resume cooperating with a United Nations' initiative to guarantee the safe transport of grain out of Ukraine.

Pope sends envoy to Washington as part of mission to help Ukraine

Pope Francis has sent Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, his special envoy, to Washington as part of his ongoing humanitarian efforts to help Ukraine.

Ukraine: the right to exist

Over the last two weeks of June, I visited Poland and Ukraine to meet with Ukrainian refugees who fled their country after the Russian invasion that began in February 2022. It was an experience I’ll never forget.

Loyola Medical Center donates ambulance to people of Ukraine

On the clear day of June 5, an ambulance parked outside of Stritch School of Medicine gleamed as officials and staff from Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood prepared to bless it before it its journey to Ukraine.

Pope asks Cardinal Zuppi to lead peace mission for Ukraine

Pope Francis has asked Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna to lead a mission "to help ease tensions in the conflict in Ukraine," the Vatican press office said.

Pope, Ukrainian leader talk about humanitarian situation provoked by war

After literally hundreds of public prayers for peace in Ukraine and 443 days after Russia launched an all-out war on the Eastern European country, Pope Francis welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Vatican.

Christian leaders pray for Ukraine on first anniversary of Russian invasion

Cardinal Cupich joined Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak and Bishop Benedict Aleksiychuk for an ecumenical memorial prayer service commemorating the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.

Wilmette family’s charity sending medical supplies to Ukraine

Members of the Poylin family and their friends spent the chilly afternoon of New Year’s Eve in their Wilmette backyard, sorting medical supplies, clothing and other items and packing them into dozens of boxes that will be shipped to Ukraine.
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