Tag: Russia Ukraine invasion

VATICAN CITY -- The top-ranking U.S. military officer told reporters he and Pope Francis discussed the war in Ukraine, especially the war's impact on...

LISBON, Portugal -- Fifteen World Youth Day pilgrims from Ukraine, most of whom had lost a father or other close relative in the war,...

VATICAN CITY -- Destroying grain is a "grave offense to God," Pope Francis said, appealing to authorities in Russia as "my brothers" and urging...

ROME -- Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See said the onslaught of attacks on Odesa and several surrounding cities shows that Russia’s actions are...

ROME -- The top priority for Pope Francis' peace envoy in his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden was the repatriation of children forcibly...

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden meets July 18 with Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Pope Francis' special envoy to seek a peaceful resolution to the...

A Catholic university community in western Ukraine is reeling from a July 6 missile attack on the city of Lviv, located less than 50...

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican is developing a plan to return to Ukraine children illegally deported to Russia but is not jockeying to mediate...

VATICAN CITY -- Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi was scheduled to meet with a Kremlin foreign policy adviser during the peace mission he is making...

The destruction of a dam and hydroelectric power plant in a Russian-occupied area of Ukraine marks a "dastardly and diabolical act" that "defies imagination,"...