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Ukrainians rally to mark two-year anniversary of Russian invasion
A crowd of 1500 Ukrainians rallied in the St Mary’s Cathedral forecourt in Sydney on Saturday to mark the two-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of their homeland. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Pope pleads for just and lasting peace in Ukraine
Pope Francis yesterday lamented the deaths, injuries, destruction and anguish of the past two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – a period, he said, “that is becoming terribly long and whose end is not yet in sight”. Source: Vatican News.
Archbishop Shevchuk accuses Russia of ‘genocide’ in Ukraine
Russia’s war on Ukraine aims to “eliminate the existence of the whole nation”, warned the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Source: OSV News.
Pope’s Ukraine envoy says peace requires talking to enemies
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis’ special envoy to Ukraine, says his mission to the war-torn country has specific patterns in promoting peace. Source: OSV News.
How peeling potatoes became a Ukraine volunteer’s expression of faith
Towards the end of last year, I made the decision to travel to Ukraine to spend over a week in the city of Lviv to help with the Ukrainian war effort, writes Anthony Rodrigues. Source: Catholic Herald.
Caritas support continues as Ukrainians face second winter of conflict
The Caritas Australia Ukraine Crisis Appeal continues to assist 32 Caritas-Spes Ukraine centres, with the project focused on meeting the basic needs of vulnerable internally displaced people and other war-affected households.
Russia bans Catholic Church in occupied Ukraine
Russia has banned the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and other Catholic ministries in occupied areas of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, according to the Church’s main communications office in Kyiv. Source: OSV News.
Kyiv Catholic Cathedral damaged in Russian drone attack
Russia’s extensive drone attack on Kyiv on Saturday damaged the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. Source: OSV News.
Ukraine Parliament moves to ban Russian-linked church
The Ukrainian Parliament has advanced legislation widely seen as an attempt to ban an Orthodox church from the country over allegations that it is linked to Russia. Source: CNA.