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Letter #53, 2022, Tues, Mar 22: The Consecration

    "The people of Ukraine and Russia, who venerate you with great love, now turn to you, even as your heart beats with compassion for them and for all those peoples decimated by war, hunger, injustice and poverty." —From the just-released text of the prayer to the Virgin Mary ("O Mary, Mother of God," is how [...]

Letter #47, 2022, Tues, Mar 15: The consecration

An ancient Russian icon of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus     Letter #47, 2022, Tuesday, March 15: The consecration     The following statement was just released from the director of the Vatican Press Office, Dr. Matteo Bruni (link):         Statement by the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni     Friday 25 March, [...]

Letter #32, 2021, Wednesday, June 9: Putin-Biden

    Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and American President Joe Biden are scheduled to meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16, in one week     Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev (above), a key figure in the Russian Church, has spoken in cautiously hopeful terms about the upcoming meeting of the American and Russian presidents     Letter #32, 2021, [...]

Pope to Russian Orthodox delegation: ‘Path of unity leads to peace’

Pope Francis receives in audience a Delegation of the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow and says he is praying for unity. Pope Francis on Wednesday received a delegation from the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate in Moscow and expressed hope for full Christian unity, saying it is the path to peace. Expressing his wish to follow “the path of unity”, the [...]

Apostolic Nuncio speaks on conditions in Ukraine

The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine speaks with Vatican News about the situation in the country.. In the wake of Pope Francis’ visit to a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on Sunday, the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti to Ukraine is speaking out about the situation in the eastern European nation. A parish is not a museum In [...]

Pope Francis ‘pleased’ with Card Parolin’s ‘constructive’ visit to Russia

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, is just returned from a 4-day state visit to Russia, with which he says Pope Francis is “pleased”. In an exclusive interview with Vatican media on Friday, Cardinal Pietro Parolin reviewed his state visit to Russia this week, pointing out its highlights and the issues as yet unresolved between [...]

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