
Pope clings to hope for dialogue by not specifically criticizing ‘Russia’
Condemning violence and expressing his concern for and solidarity with Ukraine, Pope Francis has not uttered the word “Russia” publicly.

Condemning violence and expressing his concern for and solidarity with Ukraine, Pope Francis has not uttered the word “Russia” publicly.

Catholics in Russia have been left “grieving, angered and bewildered” by their country’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the church’s spokesman, who also warned that citizens would face harsh economic consequences from the conflict.

"Moscow is a very dark place to be in at the moment," said the Chaplain of St Andrew's Moscow and Area Dean of Russia and the Ukraine.

The pope will decide on the Cologne archbishop’s resignation in due course.

The pope will decide on the Cologne archbishop’s resignation in due course.

The Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocese of Kyiv-Halych and the Ukrainian Embassy to the Holy See said they had received information that Russia planned airstrikes on the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kyiv.

Father Andrii Shestak, Director of the School of Journalism and Communications in Ukrainian Catholic University, said locals feel like David battling Goliath.

As the war in Ukraine enters its seventh day, the country’s leading Catholic charity organization assisting both those who are fleeing and those who have stayed has made an appeal for concrete help and for humanitarian corridors to be opened.

Israeli and Jewish leaders are condemning a Russian strike on Ukraine’s capital that damaged an important memorial site marking the massacre of tens of thousands of Jews at the hands of the Nazis during the Holocaust.

The Motherland Monument stands 203 feet tall and weighs more than 560 tons. It’s part of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine and is meant to memorialize the heroes of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) after World War II.