Global Church News
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UN humanitarian agencies scale up efforts to save children in Ukraine
Mar 10, 2022
The United Nations Children's Fund has sounded the alarm on the suffering of children in Ukraine and the rapidly increasing humanitarian needs they are trying to meet to help them.
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Nuncio to Ukraine calls for solidarity with war-ravaged nation
Mar 10, 2022
The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, details the situation on the ground in Kyiv amid ongoing hostilities, and underlines solidarity and love as our weapons in the face of war.
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Irish aid agency Trócaire providing vital support to Ukraine
Mar 10, 2022
The aid agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Trócaire, is providing vital support to help people in Ukraine and those who have fled the country. Its Chief Executive, Caoimhe de Barra, speaks about the importance of protecting civilians, the psychological trauma being endured, and the compassion
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Cardinal Krajewski in Lviv: Ukrainian refugees grateful for assistance
Mar 10, 2022
The Papal Almoner shares his initial impressions from Ukraine, where he has arrived in order to bear witness to Pope Francis’ spiritual and material support for refugees and the whole country.
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Nigeria: Catholic priest abducted in Kaduna Archdiocese
Mar 10, 2022
Fr. Joseph Aketeh was kidnapped on Tuesday during an attack by gunmen on St. John Catholic Church in Kudenda, Nigeria.
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Caritas Hungary’s outpouring of aid for Ukrainian refugees
Mar 10, 2022
The Hungarian Church’s aid agency is assisting refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, as Cardinal Michael Czerny brings the Pope’s closeness to all he meets.
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Catholic social teaching can bring light to a darkened world, author says
Mar 09, 2022
With political discourse around the world seeming more bellicose than ever, a British author presented a book on Catholic social teaching and spoke of her conviction that the world needs an “ethic of communion.”
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Czerny to migrants in Budapest: The Pope is close to you
Mar 09, 2022
The mission of the interim prefect of the Dicastery for Integral Development, to bring spiritual and material support, in the name of the Pope, to those who have been forced to flee from Ukraine, began Tuesday morning in Hungary.
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Pope: Teachings of women Doctors of Church offer light and hope to our world
Mar 09, 2022
In a message to participants in an international conference on Women Doctors of the Church and Co-Patronesses of the Europe, Pope Francis says the teachings of these saints “are particularly timely for their enduring depth and relevance.”
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Ukrainian priest in Kyiv: ‘We will not leave our people’
Mar 09, 2022
As Russian troops continue their devastating invasion of Ukraine, a missionary Catholic priest describes his community’s efforts to carry on offering spiritual and material assistance to parishioners in Kyiv.
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