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People walk at the site of a Russian missile strike near St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 20, 2024, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine. After decades of legal disputes, delays and competing claims, Ukraine's Roman Catholic community has received the right to use Kyiv's historic St. Nicholas Church for the next 50 years, under an agreement signed with the state. (OSV News photo/Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters)

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Kyiv's iconic St. Nicholas Church returns to Catholic hands for 50 years

OSV News|Jan 16, 2026|4 Min Read

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Cardinal visits Ukraine's president, conveying closeness of pope

Carol Glatz|Jul 24, 2024|2 Min Read

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John Paul II’s legacy is alive and well, and living in Kyiv

John L. Allen Jr.|Feb 23, 2023|5 Min Read

Members of the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religions speak at a news conference at the Vatican Jan. 26, 2023. From the right: Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki of Lviv; Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church; Bishop Marcos Hovhannisyan of the Ukrainian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church; Valerii Antoniuk, head of the All-Ukrainian Union of the Churches of Evangelical Christians-Baptists; and a translator. (CNS photo/Justin McLellan)

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Ukraine's religious leaders renew invitation to pope to visit Kyiv

Justin McLellan|Jan 26, 2023|3 Min Read

Senator Steve Daines (R-Montana) in Ukraine during Holy Week 2022. (Courtesy of the office of Sen. Steve Daines via CNA)

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First US Senator to visit Ukraine war credits faith leaders for his trip

Katie Yoder|May 9, 2022|4 Min Read

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov enters a hall with Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states, during their meeting in Moscow Nov. 9, 2021. (CNS photo/Yuri Kochetkov, pool via Reuters)

Vatican’s foreign minister contemplating visit to Kyiv

Elise Ann Allen|Apr 21, 2022|3 Min Read

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on as he is surrounded by Ukrainian servicemen as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues in Bucha, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, April 4, 2022. (CNS photo/Marko Djurica, Reuters)

Cardinal: Vatican looking at implications of possible papal visit to Kyiv

Cindy Wooden|Apr 8, 2022|2 Min Read

Pope Francis attends a meeting with authorities and members of the diplomatic corps at The Palace in Valletta, Malta, April 2, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Papal envoy to Ukraine says country supports possible papal trip to Kyiv

Inés San Martín|Apr 4, 2022|4 Min Read

Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, joins Pope Francis and bishops around the world in consecrating Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary March 25, 2022. The archbishops service was held in the Cathedral of the Mother of God in Zarvanytsia, Ukraine. (CNS photo/Ukrainian Catholic Church)

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Ukrainian archbishop tearfully recounts the horrors, heroism of war

Cindy Wooden|Mar 30, 2022|3 Min Read

Mayor Vitali Klitschkoof Kyiv, Ukraine, visits a checkpoint of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces March 6, 2022. Klitschko has invited Pope Francis and other religious leaders to come to the city and witness for peace. (CNS photo/Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters)

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Kyiv mayor invites pope to visit as sign of solidarity, witness for peace

Cindy Wooden|Mar 15, 2022|2 Min Read

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