
U.S. seminarian who taught in Ukraine urges prayers for peace
Stephen Coutcher, a Rhode Island seminarian who spent the summer of 2018 teaching English in Ukraine, urged those who feel helpless about the current situation there to pray for peace.

Stephen Coutcher, a Rhode Island seminarian who spent the summer of 2018 teaching English in Ukraine, urged those who feel helpless about the current situation there to pray for peace.

Although a severe drought in southern Angola has led to widespread hunger among more than 1 million people, the government has taken few measures to address it.
The head of the German Bishops’ Conference on Monday pressed for a quick decision from Pope Francis on the future of a prominent archbishop who faces strong criticism for his handling of the church’s sexual abuse scandal.

Knights said that the pope ‘listened carefully to their issues’ at a Feb. 26 meeting.

‘May the Lord God repay you a hundredfold,’ said Major Archbishop Shevchuk.

Authorities in northeast China detained a Christian woman for her repeated attempt to share the Gospel with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has told the Kremlin that "God will not forgive" the suffering of his people after nearly two weeks of bombardments.

As shelling of Ukrainian cities has intensified and oil prices are rising, a survey has found that most American adults fear that Russia’s war on Ukraine will have a negative impact on the U.S. economy.

The government is being urged to rethink its immigration proposals to protect victims of human trafficking and slavery at a time when large numbers of Ukrainians are fleeing the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian Jews fleeing the Russian war on their country have begun to arrive in Israel. On Sunday some 300 Jews, or those eligible to immigrate under the Law of Return, arrived safely in Tel Aviv.