Papal peace mission: Catholics and Orthodox join forces for peace amid Russian and Ukrainian sceptics
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on last week’s papal mission to Moscow…
Pope warns Ukraine war seems to have “no end” as envoy returns from Moscow
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis said on Friday there was no apparent end in sight to the war in Ukraine as his peace envoy wrapped up three days of talks in Moscow. “The tragic reality of this war that seems to have no end demands of everyone a common creative effort to imagine and forge paths […]
Russian Patriarch tells papal envoy their churches should work together for peace
Moscow, RussiaReuters The head of Russia’s influential Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, told an envoy of Pope Francis on Thursday their churches should work together to avert “negative political developments and serve the cause of peace and justice.” Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis’ envoy and President of Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), attends a mass at the […]
Kremlin adviser, papal envoy on Ukraine discuss refugees: Catholic prelate
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy adviser and a papal envoy on the Ukraine conflict on Wednesday mainly discussed humanitarian issues, including refugees, Russia’s senior Catholic prelate was quoted as saying. The Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Moscow in Russia Paolo Pezzi told Tass news agency that Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov and […]
Doomed or sign of hope?: Pope Francis’ mission for peace in Ukraine is underway
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi returned from Kyiv on Tuesday where he was sent by the Pope to promote a just peace in Ukraine. CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports…
Papal envoy heads to Ukraine to “listen carefully” to possible peace plans
Vatican CityReuters Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, tasked by Pope Francis to carry out a peace mission to try to help end the war in Ukraine, headed to Kyiv on Monday for a two-day trip to sound out government authorities. The Vatican announced his visit, which many observers see as an uphill effort, in a short […]
Essay: Can Pope Francis bring peace to Ukraine?
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says the Pope’s refusal to cheer either side in this war gives him credibility as mediator…
Pope’s Ukraine peace envoy blasts war as a “pandemic” that affects everyone
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis’ peace envoy for Ukraine, a veteran of the Catholic Church’s conflict-mediation efforts, blasted war as a “pandemic” on Tuesday and said all Christians are called to be peacemakers. In his first public comments since being named Ukraine envoy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi called for the creation of a culture of peace to […]
Russia says Ukrainian city of Bakhmut captured; Pope asks Italian cardinal to carry out peace mission
Reuters Russia claimed on Saturday to have fully captured the smashed eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which would mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15-month war. The assault on the largely levelled city was led by troops from the Wagner Group of mercenaries, whose leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said earlier in […]
Migrant shipwreck in Italy kills at least 59, including 12 children
Rome, ItalyReuters At least 59 people died, including 12 children, when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near the southern Italian coast early on Sunday, authorities said. The vessel, which sailed from Turkey and was carrying people from Afghanistan, Iran and several other countries, sank in rough seas before dawn […]