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Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi address at the Vatican on Dec. 25, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Francis calls for ceasefire in Gaza and negotiations in Ukraine during Urbi et Orbi

Dec 25
Charles Collins

Ukrainian soldiers sit on an armoured vehicle as they drive on a road between Izium and Lyman in Ukraine, Tuesday Oct. 4, 2022. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Pope and Ukrainian Major Archbishop mark 1000 days of Russian invasion

Nov 20
Crux Staff

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk on Aug. 20, 2024. (Credit: UGCC.)

Ukraine Major Archbishop says new law against Russian Church is not unjust

Aug 22
Crux Staff

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin meet at the presidential palace in Kyiv on July 23, 2024. (Credit: Ukraine President's Office.)

Top Vatican diplomat meets Ukrainian president in Kyiv

Jul 24
Elise Ann Allen

Top Vatican cardinal tells Ukrainians to ‘never lose faith’

Jul 22
Elise Ann Allen

Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Top Vatican diplomat makes first visit to Ukraine since war

Jul 20
Elise Ann Allen

Rescuers, volunteers and medical workers search for survivors after a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s biggest children’s hospital. (Credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP.)

Pope, Ukraine Church leader condemns children’s hospital attack in Kyiv

Jul 10
Elise Ann Allen

The city center is covered in debris after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 25, 2024. (Credit: Andrii Marienko/AP.)

Kharkiv bishop says assaults on Ukrainian city ‘almost nonstop’

Jul 10
Crux Staff

Ukrainian national guard servicemen from the Khartia Brigade fly a “vampire” drone while bombing Russian positions at the front line near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 17, 2024. (Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP.)

Major Archbishop Shevchuk says Ukraine’s freedom is essential for religious freedom

Jun 19
Crux Staff

Vatican’s top diplomat calls use of NATO weapons against Russia ‘disturbing’

Jun 1
Elise Ann Allen