#War

Ukraine: 30,000 refugees in Bulgaria, including 9,000 children. Caritas at the forefront. Fr Nikolov to SIR, “I went and picked up refugees in Odessa”

Ukraine: refugee children return to school in Romania. Orthodox Church sends over 50 tons of humanitarian aid

Ukraine: Msgr. Graubner (Czech Bishops’) calls on Patriarch Kirill to use his influence to stop the war

Giovanni Guaita, Orthodox priest in Moscow: “The Church is a product of history and she grows with her people.” “I am not afraid, I respond to my conscience and to God”

The words of Father Giovanni Guaita, an Orthodox priest based in Moscow, author and signatory of a letter wherein 300…

Ukraine: Fr Zelazko (Russian-speaking Catholics in Israel), Israel’s mediation is “a drop of peace.”

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s mediation effort meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow last Saturday. The reactions of Israel’s ambassador…

Ukraine: refugees, cold reception in the UK. Mgr. Arnold to SIR, “refugees are our brothers and sisters”

International Women’s Day: Klympush-Tsintsadze (Kiev’s Parliament), “it’s a genocide”. Implementing a no-fly zone, sending military support

Ukraine. Msgr. Gugerotti: “The situation is dramatic. Shelling, people fleeing to the shelters, seeking safety”

The incumbent apostolic nuncio to the United Kingdom was serving in Kiev until 2020. He is in constant telephone contact…

The testimonies of persons fleeing the war

Mobile phones ring non-stop at every border crossing with Ukraine. People calling are mostly friends or acquaintances, sometimes friends of…

The war seen from Moldova. Msgr. Cosa (Bishop of Chisinau): “Fear and tears are flowing, but we will be there until the end”

The number of refugees arriving in Moldova grows by the day. In Chisinau all eyes are fixed on the situation…

Msgr. Szyrokoradiuk (bishop of Odessa): ‘We expect them to attack us from the sea. It’s extremely dangerous”

“Alarms sound especially at night. We have been spending the night in shelters to stay safe. We know that there…