Via Crucis, 2026
COMMENTARY: Reflections from Jimmy Lai, Bishop Erik Varden and Major-Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk on courageous suffering.
COMMENTARY: Reflections from Jimmy Lai, Bishop Erik Varden and Major-Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk on courageous suffering.
COMMENTARY: Ukrainian Catholic leaders warn that priests have been expelled, churches destroyed, and religious life driven underground in Russian-occupied territories.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the OHCHR has reported the deaths of at least 13,883 civilians, including 726 children, and the injured number 35,548.
As he spoke with them, the Pope shared some memories from his childhood, such as attending Mass, where he met other children and friends, but above all 'the best friend of all, Jesus...'
For the Pontiff, this is a sign of the power of God, 'which manifests itself in the midst of the rubble of destruction.'
COMMENTARY: Let’s be clear: The Russia-Ukraine war is not a war over swaths of territory, the language rights of Russian-speakers in Ukraine, or rare-earth minerals. It is a war for Ukraine, period.
COMMENTARY: From smuggled aid to candlelit prayers, Ukraine’s faithful are holding the line against both bombs and despair.
Hundreds of thousands have been killed as a result of the Russian invasion, with more than 14 million people forced to leave their homes.
This will be Cardinal Krajewski’s eighth trip to Ukraine since the war broke out
Pope Francis and Cardinal Parolin, have repeatedly called for dialogue between Russia and Ukraine as a means of brokering peace in the now two-year-long Russian war of aggression.
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