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  • [ April 17, 2026 ] Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon: The Eucharist sustains us amid fear, suffering News Briefs
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Second round of aid delivered to Gaza by Latin Patriarchate and Order of Malta

July 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

In a July 24 press release, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem — a diocese that includes Jordan, Cyprus, Palestine, and Israel — announced that 40 tons of non-perishable food kits were delivered by Malteser International to a newly-established … […]

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Vatican’s Good Friday Holy Land collection to aid humanitarian efforts in Gaza 

March 12, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Injured parishioners receive Communion on the third Sunday of Advent, Dec. 17, 2023, at Holy Family Parish in Gaza. The Pontifical Collection for the Holy Land provides community aid and assistance for parochial activities for Holy Family Parish… […]

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Pope Francis is sending Cardinal Krajewski to Ukraine on a humanitarian mission

June 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Papal envoy Cardinal Konrad Krajewski prays at a mass grave in Ukraine on Good Friday, April 15, 2022. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jun 22, 2023 / 10:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Konrad Krajewski to return to Ukraine for a six… […]

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Catholic priest from Ukraine gives Pope Francis cross made out of war rubble

February 23, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Vyacheslav Grynevych gave Pope Francis with a cross made out of broken glass and rubble from destroyed buildings in Kyiv on Feb. 21, 2023. / Photo courtesy of Father Vyacheslav Grynevych

Rome Newsroom, Feb 23, 2023 / 04:45 am (CNA).
Fath… […]

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Ukrainian soldier appeals to Pope Francis to help save the people of Mariupol

April 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Major Serhiy Volyna, who has been leading the 36th marine brigade in the battle for the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, pictured holding his letter to Pope Francis. / Religious Information Service of Ukraine

Rome Newsroom, Apr 19, 2022 / 09:20… […]

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Catholic parishes in Ukraine have become ‘humanitarian hubs,’ major archbishop says

March 22, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests in front of a church in Lviv, Ukraine, in 2018. / Shutterstock

Rome Newsroom, Mar 22, 2022 / 10:00 am (CNA).
As internally displaced Ukrainians flee the Russian bombardment of their cities, Catholic parishes in … […]

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Ukrainian archbishop warns that bombings have left people without heat in freezing temperatures

March 5, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

An explosion in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on the evening of March 1, 2022 / Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Rome Newsroom, Mar 5, 2022 / 05:45 am (CNA).
The leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church warned Saturday that Russian bombardm… […]

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Hackers interrupt Catholic charity’s online press conference on Ukraine

March 1, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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Vatican City, Mar 1, 2022 / 05:10 am (CNA).
An online press conference by a Catholic charity on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine was disrupted by hackers on Tuesday morning.As soon as Aloysius John, general secretary of Caritas… […]

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