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A service member of pro-Russian troops checks weapons inside a building, which according to the military was previously a fighting position of Ukrainian armed forces, during the Russian-Ukrainian war in the town of Marinka, in the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk, March 22, 2022. (CNS photo/Alexander Ermochenko, Reuters)

Pope says war in Ukraine is 'unbearable' and 'shameful'

Cindy Wooden|Mar 24, 2022|3 Min Read

Pope Francis meets with Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan of Hong Kong at the Vatican March 17, 2022. During the meeting, Bishop Chow used his phone to record video messages from the pope to the people of Hong Kong and China. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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Pope meets Hong Kong bishop, records messages to Chinese Catholics

Catholic News Service|Mar 24, 2022|2 Min Read

Pope Francis leads the crowd in praying for the victims of the war in Ukraine, during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican March 23, 2022. The pope prayed that God would free the world from war and the need to self-destruct, saying that "war is a defeat for humanity." (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Francis: My grandfather taught me to loathe war

Catholic News Agency|Mar 23, 2022|5 Min Read

A woman prays the rosary following an evening prayer service at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in New York City Jan. 26, 2022. The pope has invited "every community and every believer" to join him in consecrating and entrusting Russia and Ukraine to Mary March 25. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Faith

Text of prayer of consecration for Ukraine, Russia

Catholic News Service|Mar 22, 2022|5 Min Read

Pope Francis leads a vigil in the Little Chapel of the Apparitions at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal May 12, 2017. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope will consecrate humanity, 'especially Russia and Ukraine,' to Mary, text says

Cindy Wooden|Mar 22, 2022|4 Min Read

Children's shoes line a memorial on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School June 6, 2021. More than two dozen Indigenous delegates, accompanied by a handful of Canadian bishops, plan to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican March 28-April 1, and the residential school system is expected to figure prominently in discussions. (CNS photo/Jennifer Gauthier, Reuters)

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Papal meetings will address ‘legacy of suffering’ Indigenous face, Canadian bishops say

Elise Ann Allen|Mar 22, 2022|4 Min Read

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears on screens as he receives a standing ovation at the end of his address to the Italian parliament via video link, in Rome March 22, 2022, during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Zelenskyy spoke on the phone with Pope Francis before addressing the parliament. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters pool)

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Ukrainian president speaks with pope before addressing Italian leaders

Carol Glatz|Mar 22, 2022|2 Min Read

“Forgiveness,” by Carl Vilhelm Meyer, 1870-1938, Danish. (Wikimedia Commons)

The greatness of Lent

Scott Hahn|Mar 22, 2022|3 Min Read

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, speaks at a news conference to present Pope Francis' document, "Praedicate Evangelium" ("Preach the Gospel"), for the reform of the Roman Curia, during a news conference at the Vatican March 21, 2022. The pope has promulgated the constitution reorganizing the Roman Curia to highlight its role in promoting the church as a community of missionary disciples. Also pictured are Jesuit Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a canon lawyer and former rector of Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University; Bishop Marco Mellino, secretary of Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals; and Matteo Bruni, Vatican spokesman. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Opening Curia posts to laity, pope is implementing Vatican II, experts say

Cindy Wooden|Mar 21, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks to visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus prayer March 20, 2022. The pope condemned Russias war on Ukraine, calling it a "senseless massacre" and "sacrilegious" attack on human life. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Evil, tragic events do not come from God, pope says at Angelus

Carol Glatz|Mar 21, 2022|2 Min Read

Young people hold a Ukrainian flag as Pope Francis speaks to visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus prayer March 20, 2022. The pope condemned Russia's war on Ukraine, calling it a "senseless massacre" and "sacrilegious" attack on human life. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope: 'There is no justification' for 'sacrilegious' war on Ukraine

Cindy Wooden|Mar 20, 2022|3 Min Read

Pope Francis leads a meeting of his Council of Cardinals at the Vatican Feb. 21, 2022. On March 19, 2022, Pope Francis promulgated the long-awaited constitution reorganizing the Roman Curia. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope promulgates Curia reform, emphasizing church's missionary nature

Cindy Wooden|Mar 19, 2022|6 Min Read

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