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U.K. doctor can continue ‘abortion pill reversal treatment’
A British medical regulator has reversed a ban on a Catholic doctor treating women who wished to keep their babies. Dr. Dermot Kearney has helped 32 women to give birth to healthy babies after reversing the effects of abortion drugs.
Prelates arrive in Ukraine, Hungary on mission of hope
A Polish cardinal and a Canadian cardinal were on a mission from Pope Francis to meet with refugees fleeing the war zone in Ukraine, and offering them and aid workers encouragement. The papal almoner was preparing to travel to Kyiv.
Pope removes Puerto Rican bishop from office
Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres was "relieved" of his responsibilities, saying he was asked to resign but refused. He has supported people who objected to the COVID-19 vaccine, out of step with the other bishops of Puerto Rico.
Pope to make long-promised trip to two war-torn African countries
Pope Francis will travel to Congo and South Sudan in early July, the Vatican press office said. He will be joined by the head of the Anglican Church and the Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
Church leaders urge Russian patriarch to speak with Putin
Catholic and Orthodox leaders in Europe have appealed to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, urging him to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine and to ask Russian soldiers to refuse orders.
‘My place is here,’ says pope’s representative in Ukraine
Keeping a backpack full of essentials, papal nuncio Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas based in Kyiv said he has no intentions of leaving the country. For him, "the beautiful response of humanity" to the war Ukraine makes it feel like "the spiritual capital of the world."
Pope leaves door open for dialogue by not criticizing Russia
Pope Francis has not said the word "Russia" publicly when condemning the violence and praying for peace in Ukraine, even as it is besieged by the Russian invasion. Meanwhile, Orthodox churches in Ukraine split over national lines.
Russian Catholics grieving, angered by Ukraine invasion, says official
The feelings of Russian Catholics about the war in Ukraine begun by Russian armed forces are surfacing in synodal discussion groups, said a spokesman for the country's Catholic bishops. They urged Catholics to shun "lies that destroy the world."
Ukrainian archbishop calls on Russia not to bomb historic cathedral
The Ukrainian Catholic archdiocese in Kyiv and the Ukrainian Embassy to the Holy See said they learned that Russia planned airstrikes on the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kyiv, a UNESCO World Heritage site considered holy to all Slavic peoples.
Papal pleas for peace: Even if unheeded, Pope Francis continues tradition
Continuing a papal obligation of working for peace among world leaders, Pope Francis knows his appeals for an end to the war in Ukraine carry little weight with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he has done so often for almost a year.