Tag: Pope Francis

The papal envoys’ presence in Ukraine was “a double response, one of immediate charity and one of integral human development"

“With an aching heart I add my voice to that of the common people, who implore the end of the war,” the pope said on March 13

Pope Francis observed that as followers of Jesus, we are prone to the same weaknesses as the apostles

Synodality in judicial matters “means that all the participants in the process ... are called to contribute to the ascertainment of the truth"

The appeal comes after Ukraine’s Latin Rite Catholic bishops asked Pope Francis to consecrate Ukraine and Russia to Mary

What, then, led to Pope Francis’ decision to take a different tack on the Ukrainian question last Sunday?

Cardinal Parolin said the Vatican’s intervention can be done through several levels, the first of which is “the religious level”

Pope Francis encouraged the event’s organizing committee to be inventive in planning the gathering, which will take place on Aug. 1-6, 2023

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, said he intended to enter the war-torn country via Poland at the pope’s behest

“Rivers of blood and tears are flowing .... It is not merely a military operation, but a war, which sows death, destruction, and misery”