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Archbishop of Moscow urges against ‘despair’ following terrorist attack in Russian capital

March 26, 2024

Archbishop Pavel Pezzi of Moscow has offered his “deepest condolences” to the victims and relatives of a “brutal terrorist attack” in Russia’s capital on the evening of 22 March. At least 133 people were killed at a concert hall in Krasnogorsk, a suburb of Moscow. The Islamic State group’s Afghanistan branch claimed responsibility for the

Ukrainian groups criticise Pope’s comments about negotiations to end war

March 11, 2024

ROME – There has been a significant backlash from both Ukrainian civil and ecclesial authorities in the wake of a recent interview Pope Francis gave in which the pontiff appeared to imply that Ukraine ought to consider the “white flag” option and opening negotiations to end the ongoing war with Russia. Speaking while visiting the

Pope talks of ‘courage to negotiate’ to end war in Ukraine

March 11, 2024

ROME – The Pope has spoken of Ukraine needing to consider negotiations to end the ongoing war with Russia. In weighing up the debate between those who say it is time for Ukraine to consider a negotiated settlement and those who argue the country must fight on, the Pope has said he believes “the strongest

Pope highlights civilian casualties in a world ‘increasingly lacerated’ by conflict

January 08, 2024

ROME – After a year that saw thousands of civilians killed in wars and violent conflicts, Pope Francis told diplomats accredited to the Holy See that international war crimes must be recognised and prevented. In his 8 January address, the Pope noted that as the year 2024 opens the world is “increasingly lacerated” by conflict,

Pope condemns hitting civilian targets after Caritas warehouse destroyed by Russians in Lviv

September 20, 2023

ROME – Pope Francis has condemned the routine use of “conventional weapons” against civilian targets in a message to Ghanian Cardinal Peter Turkson, sent the day after a warehouse in Ukraine containing several tons of humanitarian aid was destroyed in a Russian drone attack. In his Sept. 19 message, the pope pointed to what he

Valentine’s Day diary from Ukraine

February 14, 2023

By Brooks Newmark I have ended up on February 14 in Odesa, an old port city on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine. My wife Lucy flew out from London to visit me a few days ago. Amazingly the Opera and Ballet Theatre House in Odesa has just reopened, so we are going to see La

Russia’s Catholic bishops call on leaders to end conflict with Ukraine

February 25, 2022

The Catholic bishops’ conference of Russia has called on political leaders to end the conflict with Ukraine. In a Feb. 24 message, the Catholic bishops of five dioceses in Russia warned leaders “that they will have to give a strict account of the military actions they have taken.” “For the course of centuries to come depends

A great story lost in translation

January 27, 2022

Owen Matthews reviews The Long Song of Tchaikovsky Street: A Russian adventure by Pieter Waterdrinker