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Cardinal Parolin: Ukraine has the right to defend itself, but arms shipments could cause ‘terrible’ escalation

April 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin talks to EWTN Vatican correspondent Colm Flynn on March 19, 2022. / EWTN.

Vatican City, Apr 7, 2022 / 10:34 am (CNA).
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, has reiterated t… […]

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Pope Francis: Blood of Bucha victims ‘cries out to heaven’ for end to Ukraine war

April 6, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis holds up a flag which he said was brought to him from “the martyred city” of Bucha, Ukraine at his general audience on April 6, 2022. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Vatican City, Apr 6, 2022 / 03:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis condemned the “horri… […]

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Major archbishop hopes Pope Francis will visit Kyiv ‘as soon as possible’

April 4, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis and Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk. / Mazur/cbcew.org.uk/Олександр Гаврик via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Kyiv, Ukraine, Apr 4, 2022 / 11:25 am (CNA).
A Ukrainian Catholic leader has said that he hopes Pope Francis will visit K… […]

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Ukrainian Catholic leader denounces ‘horrific war crimes’ in Bucha

April 4, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

The aftermath of the Russian occupation of Bucha, Ukraine. / Ministry of Digital Development Mikhail Fedorov via Wikimedia (Public Domain).

Kyiv, Ukraine, Apr 4, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on Sunday d… […]

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Will Pope Francis go to Kyiv? Will he call out Putin by name? Here’s what he told the media

April 3, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference from Malta, April 3, 2022. / Vatican Media.

Rome, Italy, Apr 3, 2022 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis was asked on Sunday whether he intended to travel to Ukraine and if he had a message fo… […]

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Pope Francis laments ‘sacrilegious war’ in Ukraine as he prays Angelus in Malta

April 3, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis celebrates Mass at the Granaries in Floriana, Malta, April 3, 2022. / Vatican Media.

Floriana, Malta, Apr 3, 2022 / 07:18 am (CNA).
Pope Francis lamented the “sacrilegious war” in Ukraine as he prayed the Angelus in Malta on Sunday… […]

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Pope Francis: Visit to Kyiv is ‘on the table’

April 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard the papal flight to Malta on April 2, 2022. / Courtney Mares/CNA

Valletta, Malta, Apr 2, 2022 / 06:52 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Saturday said a papal visit to Kyiv is “on the table,” raising the possibi… […]

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Pope Francis arrives in Malta calling for peace and the protection of life

April 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

A lively crowd greeted Pope Francis as he arrived at the Grand Master’s Palace in Valletta, Malta, on April 2, 2022. / Vatican Media

Valletta, Malta, Apr 2, 2022 / 06:18 am (CNA).
Upon his arrival in the Republic of Malta Saturday, Pope Francis… […]

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Pope Francis greets Ukraine war refugees before first papal flight of 2022

April 1, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The papal plane to Malta prepares for departure, April 2, 2022. / Courtney Mares/CNA.

Rome, Italy, Apr 2, 2022 / 00:57 am (CNA).
Pope Francis greeted a group of Ukrainian war refugees on Saturday morning before heading to the airport for his fi… […]

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Ukraine war is a reminder of an invisible spiritual battle, Catholic leader says

March 31, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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Rome Newsroom, Mar 31, 2022 / 12:10 pm (CNA).
The war in Ukraine is a reminder of the invisible spiritual battle that Christians fight every day against the temptation to sin, the leader of the Ukrainian Gr… […]

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