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People cry as they hold hold photos of their missed relatives as Ukrainian soldiers return from captivity during a POW exchange between Russia and Ukraine in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP.)

Orthodox Easter truce falters as Ukraine says Russia continues drone strikes

Apr 12
Derek Gatopoulos,
Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on April 9, 2026. (Credit: Sputnik via AP.)

Russia’s Putin declares a ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Easter

Apr 10
Associated Press

In this image made from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Russian soldiers fire a grenade launcher towards Ukrainian positions on an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Credit: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP.)

Russia strikes targets in Kyiv region as Ukraine holds door open for Easter truce

Apr 3
Volodymyr Yurchuk,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV at Saint John Lateran Basilica on April 3, 2026. (Credit: Medichini/AP.)

Peacemaking pope has calls with Ukraine, Israel leaders on Good Friday

Apr 3
Elise Ann Allen

Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate, conducts a service at St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (Credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP.)

Patriarch Filaret, who fought for an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church, dies at 97

Mar 22
Peter Smith

Card. Radcliffe visits war-torn Ukraine, praises ‘great courage’ of people

Mar 15
Crux Now Staff

In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a local passes by a destroyed apartment building following an Russian air strike in the town of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Credit: Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP.)

On anniversary of Russian invasion, Major Archbishop says Pope Leo understands Ukraine

Feb 24
Charles Collins

Leo XIV prays for “embattled people of Ukraine” ahead of invasion anniversary

Feb 22
Crux Now Staff

Cardinal Pietro Parolin. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Vatican’s top diplomat says Holy See won’t join Board of Peace

Feb 18
Crux Now Staff

People take shelter in a metro station, being used as a bomb shelter, during a Russian drones attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (Credit: Alex Babenko/AP.)

Ukraine is being ‘severely tested,’ Pope Leo says

Feb 4
Crux Now Staff

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