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SRI LANKA: ‘Why did 269 people die?’
• Cardinal slams authorities for lack of answers – suggests collusion…
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INTERVIEW: Priest in Ukraine – “The Church should be with the faithful, with its people”
ACN spoke with Father Antonio Vatseba, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Priest who for the past three years…
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POLAND: ACN volunteers working 24/7 for Ukrainian refugees
The volunteers of the Polish office of a leading Catholic charity have been working around the clock…
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UKRAINE: A quarter of a million in Masses
The UK office of a Catholic charity is sending more than a quarter of a million pounds…
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BLOG: Archbishop Shevchuk – “Thank you to all those who are doing everything to stop the war”
The leader of the largest Catholic Church in Ukraine, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, has expressed his gratitude…
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BLOG: Bishop – Prayer sustains Odessa’s desperate people
Those who were able to left. The rest sleep in underground shelters to the sound of air…
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BLOG: “The Holy Father is present in Ukraine. He is suffering with you.”
“There is a lot of coming and going here. Thousands of refugees arrive every day,” Father Wladyslaw…
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UKRAINE: Charity announces extra aid
With Russian military attacks in Ukraine increasing – including yesterday’s shelling of a hospital in Mariupol –…
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UKRAINE: Nuncio says war is ‘demonic’
The Papal Nuncio to Ukraine has described the conflict inflicted on the country as “evil” and “demonic”…
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UK/INTERNATIONAL: ‘Punish the perpetrators’
A leading Parliamentarian has called on governments to bring to account the perpetrators of sexual crimes against…
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BLOG: Nuns continue to provide spiritual care for the wounded and their families
Despite the increasing risk of remaining in Ukraine’s warzones, religious communities have stayed behind to serve the…
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BLOG: Ukraine – Prayers in the air raid shelter
The situation in Kiev is getting more and more dire. A massive military convoy, more than 60…