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Peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine ‘impossible’
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church says a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine is impossible while Russia denies the foundations of international law. Source: Crux.
Top diplomat says Russia and Ukraine must negotiate
Pope Francis was not asking Ukraine to consider surrendering to Russia when he called for negotiations to end the war, but he was calling for both Russia and Ukraine to cease hostilities and engage in peace talks, the Vatican’s top diplomat said yesterday. Source: CNS.
Anger over Pope’s ‘white flag’ remarks on Ukraine
The director of the Holy See Press Office has intervened to clarify the Pope’s controversial remarks on Ukraine after he was strongly criticised for suggesting Ukraine should raise the “white flag” and negotiate with Russia. Source: The Tablet.
Prospect of EU military intervention in Ukraine ‘frightening’
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin says French President Emmanuel Macron’s suggestion that Europe could send ground troops to Ukraine opens a “frightening scenario”. Source: Vatican News.
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.