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Pope Leo XIV and Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia

05/12/2025

Pope receives Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković

Pope Leo XIV welcomes the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Andrej Plenković, at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. With the Secretary of State, talks included mutual ...

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher addresses OSCE

04/12/2025

Archbishop Gallagher calls for renewed commitment to peace

At the OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna, Archbishop Paul Gallagher calls for renewed efforts in conflict prevention, especially regarding Ukraine. He also highlights rising ...

The Holy See urges the return of Ukrainian children to their families

04/12/2025

Holy See: Ukrainian children must return to their families

The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations continues its efforts, including through Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, for the return of Ukrainian children taken to ...

2025.12.02 Viaggio Apostolico in Libano - Conferenza stampa volo Beirut-Roma

02/12/2025

Pope: ‘I was thinking of retiring, but instead I surrendered to God’

Aboard the papal plane returning to Rome from Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists about the role of the Holy See, which works “behind-the-scenes” in peace negotiations, so ...

Pope Leo XIV speaks with journalists aboard the papal plane bound for Beirut

30/11/2025

Pope Leo: Türkiye has important role for peace in Middle East and Ukraine

Aboard the papal plane flying from Istanbul to Beirut, Pope Leo XIV thanks Türkiye’s authorities for their welcome and answers a pair of questions from reporters, expressing his ...

2025.11.25 Papa Leone XIV con i giornalisti a Castel Gandolfo

25/11/2025

Pope: In Nicaea a message of unity for Christians, in Lebanon for peace

At Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV answers journalists’ questions outside Villa Barberini. He describes his upcoming apostolic journey to Türkiye and Lebanon as a trip marked by hope ...

Mourners at the graves of those killed in a Russian missile attack on Ternopil on November 19

22/11/2025

Ukraine Caritas chief on love, solidarity and Dilexi Te

Tetiana Stawnych, head of Caritas Ukraine, speaks to Vatican News about the recent Russian attack on Ternopil, and the importance of Pope Leo’s Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi te.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin during a Mass remembering the victims of the Holodomor

20/11/2025

Cardinal Parolin: Outrage against God to leave Ukrainians in the cold

The Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin celebrated a Mass in Rome to commemorate the victims of the 1932-1933 Holodomor and emphasized the suffering of the Ukrainian ...

Rescue efforts continue at Ternopil residential building after Russian strikes

20/11/2025

Ukraine: Archbishop of Ternopil asks for prayers after deadly bombing

Following a massive Russian attack on the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil, Archbishop Teodor Martynyuk tells Vatican News about the Greek-Catholic Church’s immediate assistance ...

18/11/2025

Pope highlights dignity of migrants, supports U.S. bishops' statement

Answering questions from journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV decries recent measures against migrants in the United States, and he calls for treating people “with humanity ...

Aftermath of a Russian drone attack in Dnipro

18/11/2025

Cardinal Zuppi in Assisi: Renew peace efforts in 'martyred Ukraine'

Ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit this week to the Italian hill town of Assisi to close the 81st General Assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI), the Bishops' leader, ...

14/11/2025

Russia launches massive drone and missile assault on Ukraine

Russia launched a heavy drone and missile attack on Ukraine early Friday, killing at least six people in the capital Kyiv and two more in the south, while injuring at least 35, ...

28/10/2025

A newborn, a husband at the front, and volunteer work: being a woman in Ukraine today

Olena Mosendz, a young Ukrainian mother whose husband is fighting at the front, tells Vatican News what life is like for the many women trying to balance work and helping the war ...

Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin

28/10/2025

Cardinal Parolin: everyone’s contribution is needed for peace in Ukraine

Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin made an appeal to the international community to put an end to conflicts on the sidelines of an event at the Bambino Gesù Children’s ...

People walk past destroyed buildings after Myanmar military strikes in western Rakhine State

19/10/2025

Pope Leo appeals for ceasefire in Myanmar, peace in war-torn lands

Pope Leo XIV appeals for a ceasefire in Myanmar and prays for peace in war-torn lands, especially in Ukraine and the Holy Land.

Palestinian women carrying their children make their way to Gaza City

14/10/2025

Pope sends antibiotics to Gaza for children in need

As humanitarian aid is finally granted access to the Gaza Strip, Pope Leo XIV instructs the Office of Papal Charities to send medicines for the youngest victims of the two-year ...

Palestinians in Gaza return to their destroyed homes following the partial withdrawal of Israeli forces

12/10/2025

Pope hails glimmers of hope for peace in Holy Land and prays for Ukraine

Following the Mass for the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality, Pope Leo XIV turns his thoughts and prayers to the suffering people of the Holy Land, of Ukraine, and of Peru, where ...

CPS Sisters standing in front of their large convent

03/10/2025

From convent to haven: CPS sisters open doors to Ukrainian refugees

Amid Europe’s declining vocations, the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood (CPS) have revived their mission in the Netherlands by offering sanctuary to refugees, turning a ...

Beatification of Pietro Paolo Oros, priest and martyr, in Bilrky, Ukraine, on 27 September

28/09/2025

Blessed Pietro Paolo Oros, a witness to communion in a divided world

On Saturday morning, 27 September in Bilky, Ukraine, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated for the beatification of a priest who was martyred under the communist regime, killed in 1953 ...

Pope Leo XIV responds to journalists' questions before departing from Castel Gandolfo

23/09/2025

Pope Leo: Recognition of Palestine helps, but dialogue is broken

Responding to journalists' questions as he prepared to leave Castel Gandolfo for the Vatican on Tuesday evening, Pope Leo XIV reflected, 'If Europe were truly united, I believe it ...

23/09/2025

War in Ukraine: Order of Malta continues to ensure humanitarian support

The Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta concludes a 4-day visit to war-struck Ukraine, where the Order runs many different humanitarian projects, showing closeness to the ...

View of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

19/09/2025

Holy See to IAEA: Moral imperative to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons

Msgr. Daniel Pacho, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Secretariat of State, addresses the 69th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, saying the ...

The Sisters of Blessed Honorat help families affected by war

19/09/2025

Ukraine: Sisters of Blessed Honorat bind wounds of human suffering

Founded to help people in need, the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary are staying beside the people of Ukraine during the war, listening, comforting, and feeding those ...

18/09/2025

Pope Leo sees role as one of building bridges, avoiding polarization

A new biography of Pope Leo, “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century,” contains the full text of the interview granted by the Holy Father to Elise Ann Allen, ...

Aftermath of a Russian drone attack in Ukraine's Sumy region

12/09/2025

Polish military to receive anti-drone training from Ukraine

Following the violation of Polish airspace by 19 Russian drones this week, Poland and Ukraine are stepping up military cooperation.

Pope Leo XIV at the Wednesday General Audience on September 10, 2025

10/09/2025

Pope: May cry of people suffering in war rise as trusting prayer to God

Pope Leo XIV renews his invitation for everyone to pray for peace in war-torn places, appealing for protection and care for children.

07/09/2025

Ukraine hit by most devastating attack since war began

Between Saturday September 6 and Sunday September 7, Russia launched the largest attack against Ukraine since the beginning of the war with a “record number” of drones—over 800—and ...

07/09/2025

Pope Leo appeals for peace in Holy Land, Ukraine, areas of world marred by war

Before leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer with the faithful in Saint Peter's Square, Pope Leo XIV asks everyone to pray constantly for peace in the Holy Land, Ukraine, ...

Aftermath of a Russian missile attack on an energy facility in Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine

06/09/2025

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy vows to keep attacking Russian energy

Ukraine’s president vows to continue retaliating against Russian attacks on his country’s energy facilities and civilian sites, despite criticism from neighbours Slovakia and ...

Israeli strike hits building in Gaza City

05/09/2025

Cardinal Parolin: Tragic situation in Gaza, stop the carnage in Ukraine

The Cardinal Secretary of State speaks on the sidelines of an event at Rome's Bambino Gesù Hospital. The Holy See continues to raise its voice in the hope that solutions leading to ...

Aftermath of a Russian strike that hit residential building in Kyiv in late August

05/09/2025

Putin warns foreign troops in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate targets’

After European leaders met in Paris to discuss possible security guarantees for post-war Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that any foreign troops sent to ...

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland with Pope Leo XIV

05/09/2025

Pope Leo receives Polish President Nawrocki

Pope XIV receives in audience the President of Poland. Karol Nawrocki then holds talks with leaders of the Secretariat of State for discussions on the conflict in Ukraine and the ...

01/09/2025

Pope Leo XIV: May Ukraine keep the flame of hope alive each day

Pope Leo XIV asks for prayers for peace for war-torn Ukraine in a letter to Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, who will represent him in Lviv on 6 September at celebrations marking the ...

Ukrainians bring flowers and toys to the site of a Russian strike in Kyiv that killed 23 people, including 4 children

31/08/2025

Pope: ‘Arms must fall silent, voice of fraternity and justice must prevail’

Pope Leo XIV renews his closeness to the Ukrainian people, appealing for an immediate ceasefire, and prays for the victims of the Catholic school shooting in Minnesota and migrants ...

A father and son view the aftermath of a Russian strike on residential building in Kyiv

30/08/2025

Ukrainian politician shot dead in Lviv after massive Russian attacks

Authorities say a Ukrainian politician who previously served as the parliament speaker has been shot dead in the western city of Lviv. Saturday’s killing came on the day that ...

Aftermath of Russian airstrikes on civilian targets in Kyiv

29/08/2025

Deadly Russian strikes devastate Kyiv, kill at least 23

The death toll from Russian rocket and drone strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv continues to rise. Authorities said Friday that at least 23 people, including children, were ...

In Cabo Delagdo people hold up peace signs

24/08/2025

Pope prays for Mozambique: that the country’s leaders restore peace and security

After the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo turns his thoughts to Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province and to Ukraine, urging prayer and closeness for peoples wounded by violence and war.

Destruction in Ukraine, in Sumy. April 2025

24/08/2025

Pope: I pray the weapons in Ukraine fall silent and the path to dialogue be opened

On Ukraine’s national feast, Pope Leo XIV send a message to the president of the war-torn nation, assuring his prayers for the country and its people.

File photo: Pilgrims in St Peter's Square hold up a Ukrainian flag

24/08/2025

Shevchuk: There is great hope that the war in Ukraine will end

On the day Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day, three and a half years after the Russian invasion, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk speaks about the sufferings and hopes of ...

Ukrainian Pilgrims in Prayer at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican

21/08/2025

Latin Church in Ukraine: We welcome every effort for peace with hope

Bishop Vitalij Skomarovskyj, president of the Latin Rite episcopate in Ukraine, expresses his gratitude to Pope Leo XIV for proclaiming 22 August as a day of prayer and peace for ...

Pope Leo greets the faithful as he leaves Castel Gandolfo to return to the Vatican

19/08/2025

Pope Leo says there is hope for Ukraine, but work and prayer are needed

We must “truly seek the way forward, to find peace,” the Pope told journalists Tuesday night before returning to the Vatican from Castel Gandolfo, where he had gone for a second ...

18/08/2025

Zelenskyy urges U.S. and Europe to stand with Ukraine as Russia escalates attacks

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for unwavering U.S. and European support as Russia intensified deadly strikes on multiple Ukrainian cities ahead of high-stakes ...

US President Trump, Russian President Putin meet in Alaska

16/08/2025

Zelenskyy heads to Washington as Trump-Putin Summit ends without concrete peace plan

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will travel to Washington on Monday for talks with U.S. President Donald J. Trump, following the U.S.–Russia summit in Alaska that ...

Pope Leo XIV has returned to Castel Gandolfo for a second period of a summer break until August 19

13/08/2025

Pope: Stop war in Ukraine and hunger in Gaza, may hostages be freed

As he arrived at the Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV spoke about ceasefire talks for Ukraine, a resolution of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and the release of ...

13/08/2025

Ukraine’s president in Berlin amid concerns over Trump-Putin summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Germany’s capital, Berlin, on Wednesday to join a videoconference with European leaders and U.S. President Donald J. Trump amid ...

Bishop Maksym Ryabukha from the Exarchate of Donetsk in Ukraine, just 18 miles from the front line

13/08/2025

Bishop near front lines in Ukraine: ‘Half the exarchate is off-limits'

One of the youngest bishops in the world serves the community of east-central Ukraine, where the violence continues and has left the cathedral closed and the bishop constantly ...

11/08/2025

European leaders call for Ukraine’s involvement peace summit

European leaders have called on U.S. President Donald J. Trump to involve Ukraine in a planned summit with his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, on ending the war in ...

08/08/2025

Trump to meet Putin and discuss Ukraine conflict

U.S. President Donald J. Trump says he will meet with Vladimir Putin for talks expected to be held in a third country, and focus on 'freezing' the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Putin meets U.S. envoy Witkoff in Moscow

07/08/2025

Trump seeking face-to-face talks with Putin as sanctions near

Officials say U.S. President Donald J. Trump is seeking a direct, face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week, in a bid to end Moscow’s war ...

The site where 28 Kyiv residents were killed in a Russian airstrike

03/08/2025

Kyiv suffers massive air strikes prompting retaliatory attacks

Authorities say Russia launched a massive missile attack on Kyiv early Sunday, shortly after what is believed to be Moscow’s deadliest airstrike of the year on the Ukrainian ...

Aftermath of an overnight Israeli strike on an UNRWA school that was sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis

03/08/2025

Pope Leo: We are with the young people of Gaza, Ukraine and war-torn lands

At the conclusion of the closing Mass for the Jubilee of Youth, Pope Leo remembers young people suffering "the most serious evils" caused by other human beings, mentioning ...

30/07/2025

'A hope that never disappoints'

The head of the Commission for Youth of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is in Rome with thousands of young people celebrating their Jubilee. He speaks of the power of witness ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State

28/07/2025

Cardinal Parolin reiterates call for Palestinian state and decries hunger in Gaza

In a conversation with journalists on the sidelines of a Jubilee event for digital influencers, Cardinal Parolin emphasizes the importance of recognizing two states, Israel and ...

File photo of Caritas Ukraine solidarity operations in war zones

26/07/2025

Caritas Europa reaffirms support for Ukraine amid ongoing war

Caritas Europa leaders visit Ukraine to reaffirm solidarity and call for sustained support amid escalating humanitarian needs and ongoing conflict.

Aftermath of Russian overnight shelling in Odesa

24/07/2025

Russia, Ukraine truce talks overshadowed by new fighting

Russian and Ukrainian officials have met briefly in Istanbul, Turkey, for the latest round of talks aimed at ending Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II. The session was ...

Father Yaroslav Rokhman serving Ukrainian faithful as hospital chaplain

24/07/2025

Ukraine hospital chaplain: Under the bombs with faith and resilience

In an interview with Vatican Media, Father Yaroslav Rokhman, who ministers at the perinatal center of Ivano-Frankivsk, speaks of the fear experienced by women forced to take ...

At least two people dead and 15 injured in Russian overnight attack on Ukraine

21/07/2025

Another round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks could be in the works

As the United Nations reports that June 2025 was the most-deadly month for civilians in Ukraine since February 2022, and after negotiations stalled between the two countries in ...

Bishop Crociata and Fr Barrios Prieto visit a Ukrainian military graveyard

19/07/2025

COMECE delegation makes ‘solidarity visit’ to Ukraine

Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto speaks to Vatican News about the recent COMECE visit to war-torn Ukraine, which aimed "to see the reality there with our eyes, and touch it with our ...

Aid packages are loaded aboard a truck to help suffering families in Kharkiv, Ukraine

16/07/2025

Pope Leo XIV sends food to families in Ukraine's Kharkiv

Donations from Pope Leo XIV, sent through the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, have been delivered to the residents of the bomb-stricken Ukrainian town of Staryi Saltiv and ...

15/07/2025

Head of chaplains in Ukraine: 'We help soldiers and families heal'

Bishop Bohdan Manyshyn, head of Military Chaplaincy for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, explains his office's various initiatives to support soldiers returning from the front ...

Aftermath of overnight combined Russian strikes on Ukraine

13/07/2025

Archbishop Gudziak: Walking the Way of the Cross with Ukraine

Metropolitan Borys Gudziak, Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, talks about how the Church continues to walk alongside suffering Ukrainians, ...

Anna Bjerde, World Bank Managing Director of Operations, at Vatican News' offices in Rome

12/07/2025

World Bank mobilises $80 billion to reconstruct Ukraine

Anna Bjerde, Managing Director of Operations at the World Bank, speaks to Vatican News about the organisation’s support for war-torn Ukraine – from financing repairs to energy ...

Children's handprints decorate the wall of the culture centre of the Ukrainian frontline village of Kalynove, Kharkiv region

11/07/2025

Disrupted schooling in Ukraine has led to ‘emotional instability in children’

The director of the largest global fund dedicated to education explains to Vatican News how the war in Ukraine has dramatically impacted children’s access to education.

Josef Blotz, Grand Hospitaller of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, visits a school in Lima, Peru

11/07/2025

Faith and service are ‘fuel to sustain Order of Malta for next thousand years’

Josef Blotz, Grand Hospitaller of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since February 2025, speaks to Vatican News about the Order’s priorities to help people in areas of conflict ...

File photo of a Ukrainian child displaced by war

10/07/2025

UNICEF weighs the cost of war on Ukraine’s children

As the war in Ukraine stretches out into its third year, a UNICEF report reveals that 70% or 3.5 million of Ukrainian children are deprived of accessing basic goods and services.

Damage at a residential building following a major overnight Russian attack in Kyiv on the 10th of July 2025

10/07/2025

Kulbokas: Attacks on Kyiv continue to increase recently damaging to the Nunciature

The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine comments on the current situation in the capital, where dozens upon dozens of Russian missiles have struck - some even in the district where the ...

Pope Leo XIV and President Volodymyr Zelensky

09/07/2025

Pope meets with Ukrainian President

Pope Leo XIV and President Volodymyr Zelensky discuss the war in Ukraine, the return of forcibly deported Ukrainian children, and the Holy See’s continued support for dialogue and ...

Infantry soldier Viktor of Ukraine's 58th Motorized Brigade scans the sky for drones as he stands in a frontline trench in the Donetsk region

06/07/2025

Concerns mount over the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine

Western intelligence raises grave concerns over Moscow's military conduct, calling for restraint and investigation.

Pope Leo XIV during his dialogue with children of the Vatican summer camp

04/07/2025

Pope Leo dialogues with children: "Build bridges from an early age"

Pope Leo has a dialogue with children participating in the Vatican's summer camp who gathered with him yesterday in the Paul VI Hall. With them also a group of around 300 young ...

Pope Francis greets the children gathered in the Paul VI Hall

03/07/2025

Ukrainian and Vatican summer camp children receive visit by Pope Leo

Pope Leo XIV meets with over 600 children in the Paul VI Hall, including participants from the Vatican’s summer camp and Ukrainian children hosted by Caritas Italiana.

Pope Leo XIV greets President Andrzej Duda of Poland

03/07/2025

Pope Leo XIV receives President of the Republic of Poland

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience President Andrzej Duda, of Poland. One topic to which particular attention was given is the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Pope Leo XIV addresses members of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

02/07/2025

Pope to Ukrainian Bishops: Let us remain united in faith, hope

In an Audience with members of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV recalls the duty of Bishops “to serve Christ in every wounded and suffering ...

The Daughters of Divine Charity, the Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great, the Sisters of the Augustinian Congregation "Hermanas del Amparo," and the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts gathered in the Vatican

30/06/2025

Ukrainian sister on meeting the Pope: ‘Prayer and faith help us not give up'

Ahead of her order’s General Chapter, Sr. Emanujila Vishka, OSBM, recounts her experience meeting Pope Leo XIV and the ongoing aid her congregation provides to those in need in ...

2025.06.28 Saluto al Pellegrinaggio giubilare della Chiesa Greco-Cattolica Ucraina

28/06/2025

Pope to Ukrainian Greek Catholics: 'Your faith is being put to the test'

Pope Leo XIV acknowledges that the faith of Ukrainian Greek Catholics is being put to a severe test, "amid this senseless war," but stresses that the Lord will have the final word ...

Pope Leo blesses representatives of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches (ROACO) on June 26, 2025

26/06/2025

Pope to ROACO: May Eastern Churches bear witness amid pain of conflict

Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches, and encourages Eastern-rite Catholics to bear witness to Christ’s peace amid the destruction wrought ...

Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia

19/06/2025

Bishop of Kharkiv: We are a Church under bombs that loves and defies death

In an interview with Vatican Media, Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia, who met Pope Leo XIV at the General Audience, says he will bring the Pope’s blessing to his ...

Rescuers in Kyiv search the rubble of an apartment building struck by Russian airstrikes earlier this week

19/06/2025

Ukraine, Russia talks uncertain amid deadly strikes on Kyiv

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he was ready to meet with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy but only during a “final phase” of negotiations on ending ...

Russian drone and misille strike in Kyiv

18/06/2025

Pope Leo XIV echoes the cry of Francis: War is always a defeat!

Warning that the “atrocity” of modern scientific weapons risks leading combatants “to barbarism far greater than in the past,” Pope Leo XIV reminds world leaders that “war is ...

Sr. Gabriele coordinates the family assistance centre

17/06/2025

Sacred Family of Nazareth Sisters in Zhytomyr: Shelter, prayer, hope amid war

Three religious sisters from the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth run a kindergarten and a family assistance centre in the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr, meeting the needs ...

Residents of Gauraka, in Nigeria's Niger state, protest against kidnappings and killings (From 2021)

15/06/2025

Pope prays for victims of ‘terrible massacre’ in Benue State, Nigeria

At the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo prays for victims of conflicts in Nigeria, Sudan, Myanmar, Ukraine, and the Middle East.

Pope Leo greets young people from Kharkiv, Ukraine, at the General Audience on June 11, 2025

12/06/2025

With war ever present, young people from Kharkiv visit the Pope

Pope Leo XIV meets with a group of 32 young men and women from Ukraine, who presented the Pope with a framed photo of one of their classmates who was killed last year in a bombing. ...

12/06/2025

Pope Leo continues Vatican's solidarity with Ukraine

A truck loaded with humanitarian aid has arrived in Kharkiv, one of the Ukrainian cities most severely affected by recent Russian attacks. The Papal Almoner reaffirms the ...

A woman walks past St. Sophia's Cathedral after the Russian drone attack on June 10, 2025

11/06/2025

Kyiv’s historic Cathedral damaged in Russian air strikes

As Russian drones bomb the 11th-century Holy Wisdom Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak says the cathedral holds "unique spiritual symbolism and ...

The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Vivaldas Kulbokas, speaking with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican

09/06/2025

Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine: I shared with Pope Leo our hope and sorrow

The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, speaks to Vatican News following his first audience with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican, reflecting on "the very ...

A Ukrainian man stands on the rubble of a damaged building in Orikhiv in the Zaporizhia region

04/06/2025

Cardinal Parolin: ‘No war is inevitable, no peace is impossible’

In an interview with the Italian daily “La Stampa,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin reiterates the Holy See’s unwavering commitment to peace, warning against the normalization of war and ...

Ukrainian women hold photos of their missing relatives

03/06/2025

Ukraine: Shedding light on war crimes to restore hope

Valeriya Ygoshyna, a Ukrainian investigative journalist, has worked since the start of the war in Ukraine to gather proof of Russian violence against Ukrainian citizens, seeking to ...

Istanbul Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine

02/06/2025

Ukrainian-Russian peace talks held despite fighting

Another round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia has begun in Istanbul, Turkey, despite new reports of Russian attacks hitting Ukraine after Kyiv hit Russia with drones.

29/05/2025

Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine: As a Church and as humanity, we continue to pray

The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, says that the recent Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange shows that “even if political issues remain unresolved, ...

A mourner reacts besides the bodies of members of the Al-Arabeed family killed in Israeli strikes, at Al Shifa hospital, in Gaza City

28/05/2025

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine and ceasefire in Gaza

Pope Leo XIV reiterates his appeal for peace in Ukraine and calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, along with the liberation of hostages and renewed efforts to protect children.

Palestinians walk amid the destruction of Gaza

27/05/2025

Cardinal Parolin: Enough bombs in Gaza; we call for truce in Ukraine

In an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin calls international humanitarian law to be respected in Gaza, urges Hamas to release all hostages, ...

In Kyiv, people walk past a multistory residential building damaged by Russian attacks

25/05/2025

Russia continues massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine

Authorities say Russia has continued its largest air raid in three years of the war against Ukraine in a second straight night of massive drone and ballistic missile strikes in ...

24/05/2025

Russia launches heaviest attack on Kyiv in years

Authorities in Ukraine say Russia has launched a large-scale drone and missile strike on Kyiv, injuring 15 people. It is seen as one of the biggest assaults on the Ukrainian ...

24/05/2025

Holy See opposes rearmament, calls for respect of humanitarian law

Our Editorial Director reflects on the Holy See’s intervention at the UN, drawing on the words of Pope Leo XIV, noting that concrete steps are urgently needed to protect civilians ...

Ukraine and Russia exchange hundreds of prisoners of war

23/05/2025

Large-scale Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap underway

Officials say Russia and Ukraine have begun one of the largest prisoner exchanges since the outbreak of the war, after their first direct talks in more than three years.

Pope Leo XIV blesses the image of Our Lady of Good Counsel at the end of Mass on Sunday, May 18

18/05/2025

Pope at Regina Caeli: ‘We cannot forget those suffering due to war’

Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace in war-torn parts of the world, praying for people suffering because of war, especially in Gaza, Myanmar, and Ukraine.

2025.05.15 Sua Beat.ne Svitoslav Shevchuk

15/05/2025

Pope Leo XIV meets with head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The Major Archbishop of Kyiv expresses his gratitude to Pope Leo while meeting with him in a private audience on Thursday morning. The Archbishop gives him a painting entitled ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Turkey

15/05/2025

Istanbul hosts first direct Ukraine-Russia peace talks

Hundreds of journalists gathered in Istanbul on Thursday afternoon as Ukraine and Russia were scheduled to hold their first direct talks there after more than 3 years of war. ...

14/05/2025

Cardinal Parolin: We hope talks in Istanbul open paths to peace

On the sidelines of an event on Ukraine at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks about the direct negotiations starting Thursday in ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a press conference after meeting EU leaders in Kyiv

12/05/2025

Pope Leo XIV speaks by phone with Ukraine's President Zelensky

Pope Leo XIV and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have spoken by phone following the Pope's appeal "that every effort be made" for long and lasting peace in Ukraine and that ...

At least two people died and seven people were injured during an overnight Russian attack in Kyiv

11/05/2025

European leaders in Kyiv remember the fallen, call for peace

European leaders visited Kyiv on Saturday to discuss the road toward peace between Ukraine and Russia, and to remember the fallen soldiers.

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