We are not ‘clerics of the state’, pope reminds Russian patriarch
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We are not ‘clerics of the state’, pope reminds Russian patriarch

VATICAN (CNS): Cautioning Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow not “turn himself into Putin’s altar…

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Pope denounces ‘macabre regression of humanity’ in Ukraine
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Pope denounces ‘macabre regression of humanity’ in Ukraine

VATICAN (CNS): Renewing his appeal for peace, Pope Francis said he grieves for the suffering…

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Caritas and Polish hotels serve Easter breakfast to 20,000 Ukrainians
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Caritas and Polish hotels serve Easter breakfast to 20,000 Ukrainians

WARSAW (CNS): For two months, Poland has been welcoming Ukrainian refugees, and organisers wanted them…

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‘Smell of sheep’ in Ukraine is scorched homes and death, chaplain says
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‘Smell of sheep’ in Ukraine is scorched homes and death, chaplain says

VATICAN (CNS): “Every city has its own smell of suffering. It can’t be described. The…

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Concerns for foreign clergy in Russia following unexplained expulsion 
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Concerns for foreign clergy in Russia following unexplained expulsion 

MOSCOW (CNS): Father Fernando Vera, the parish priest of Ss. Peter and Paul Parish, in…

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