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
Ukraine: religious leaders of the United Kingdom, “too few visas to refugees. Simplifying bureaucracy and taking them in”
THE WAR SEEN FROM RUSSIA —
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”
di M. Chiara BiagioniThe words of Father Giovanni Guaita, an Orthodox priest based in Moscow, author and signatory of a letter wherein 300…
DIPLOMACY —
Ukraine: Fr Zelazko (Russian-speaking Catholics in Israel), Israel’s mediation is “a drop of peace.”
di Daniele RocchiIsraeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s mediation effort meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow last Saturday. The reactions of Israel’s ambassador…
RUSSIAN INVASION —
Ukraine. Msgr. Gugerotti: “The situation is dramatic. Shelling, people fleeing to the shelters, seeking safety”
di Nicola SalvagninThe incumbent apostolic nuncio to the United Kingdom was serving in Kiev until 2020. He is in constant telephone contact…
RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT —
The testimonies of persons fleeing the war
di Anna T. KowalewskaMobile phones ring non-stop at every border crossing with Ukraine. People calling are mostly friends or acquaintances, sometimes friends of…
RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT —
The war seen from Moldova. Msgr. Cosa (Bishop of Chisinau): “Fear and tears are flowing, but we will be there until the end”
di M. Chiara BiagioniThe number of refugees arriving in Moldova grows by the day. In Chisinau all eyes are fixed on the situation…
RUSSIAN INVASION —
Msgr. Szyrokoradiuk (bishop of Odessa): ‘We expect them to attack us from the sea. It’s extremely dangerous”
di M. Chiara Biagioni“Alarms sound especially at night. We have been spending the night in shelters to stay safe. We know that there…
RUSSIAN INVASION —
Ukraine. Bozzo (University of Florence): “Putin will not backtrack.”
di Maria Elisabetta GramoliniLuciano Bozzo, professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies at the University of Florence, discusses the latest developments and the…
