‘Chalice of Mercy’: Midwest-Based Nonprofit Brings Aid to Ukraine’s Front Lines
Providing spiritual and humanitarian support amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Providing spiritual and humanitarian support amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the Pope’s almoner, disclosed the delivery to Vatican media on Dec. 27 and described the shipment as a small gesture of closeness from the Pope to Ukrainian families on the feast of the Holy Family, celebrated Dec. 28.
COMMENTARY: The country whose independence is being threatened is told to make concessions in the name of a 'peace' that is not true peace.
Regarding Vatican diplomacy, he explained: 'We are in constant dialogue with ambassadors. We also try to speak with heads of state when they come, always seeking a solution.'
The following day, Archbishop Gudziak, who serves as the metropolitan archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, released a 'blunt' statement on the controversial summit.
The aid will reach the village of Staryi Saltiv and the city of Shevchenkove, both affected by Russian bombing.
Leo XIV noted that — in addition to being peacemakers and promoting dialogue — Christians 'first and foremost really need to pray' and bear witness.
The vehicles bear the Vatican’s coat of arms.
'I join them, so that the cry that rises to heaven, from which help comes, may be stronger,' the Pope wrote.
The new Ukrainian law, which passed the country’s Parliament on Aug. 20, bans the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukrainian territory.
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