“They’re so young”: Residents of Ukrainian orphanage flee to safety
Lviv, Ukraine Reuters More than 200 children evacuated from an orphanage in Ukraine’s conflict zone arrived in the western city of Lviv on Saturday after a 24-hour train journey with their carers. The 215 children, ranging from toddlers to teenagers, left their orphanage in Zaporizhzhia, in southeast Ukraine, on the day Russian troops attacked a […]
Postcards: Hungarian pastor steps up to help large Roma refugee family
JUSTIN SPIKE and BELA SZANDELSZKY, of Associated Press, report from Hungary…
In Lviv, residents seek comfort in Sunday service
Lviv, Ukraine AP Their hands clasped in prayer and faces ridden with fear and sadness, some residents of Lviv sought consolation at a Sunday Mass at a Catholic church in the city in western Ukraine. The 17th-century church was silent during the ceremony, reflecting the moment laden with emotion and concern because of the ongoing Russian […]
Doctors Without Borders workers kidnapped in Yemen – sources
Aden, YemenReuters Gunmen in Yemen have kidnapped two foreign employees of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in eastern Hadramout governorate, a security source and two other local sources said. The medical charity told Reuters it had lost contact with some of its staff in Yemen and that it could not share more details at […]
Pope Francis says “rivers of blood” flowing in Ukraine war
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Sunday rejected Russia’s use of the term “special military operation” for its invasion of Ukraine, saying the country was being battered by war and urging an immediate end to the fighting. “In Ukraine, rivers of blood and tears are flowing. This is not just a military operation but a war […]
In New York’s ‘Little Odessa,’ Ukrainians see Russians as neighbours, not enemies
New York, USReuters In just one day, Inga Sokolnikova filled two rooms in her beauty salon in New York City’s Brighton Beach with donated diapers, clothes and medical supplies for her native country of Ukraine. Donations poured in not only from Ukrainian and Ukrainian American residents of this diverse waterfront neighbourhood in south Brooklyn, but […]
Local churches shun Vatican’s moderate stance on Russia
Rome, ItalyAP The head of the Polish Catholic bishops’ conference has done what Pope Francis has so far avoided doing: He publicly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and urged the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to use his influence with Vladimir Putin to demand an end to the war and for Russian soldiers to […]
Sydney faces more rain as death toll from Australian floods rises
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Sydney, Australia’s most populous city that has been drenched in rain for days, braced for more heavy downpours on Sunday as the death toll from flooding across the country’s east rose to 17. A wild weather system that dumped more than a year’s worth of rainfall over a week in southern Queensland and […]
North Korea says it conducted second “important” spy satellite test
Seoul, South KoreaReuters North Korea said it conducted “another important” test for reconnaissance satellite systems, state news agency KCNA reported on Sunday, a day after regional military authorities reported the launch of a ballistic missile from the country for the second time in a week. The launch drew condemnation from governments in the United States, […]
Southern Baptists: President Ed Litton on racial reconciliation, SBC decline and his own failings
Southern Baptist Convention president Ed Litton announced he wouldn’t be seeking a second term as the leader of the largest Protestant denomination in the US. BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports…