#War

Myanmar. Bishop Celso Ba Shwe: “The Pope told me: ‘it is you who bless me, for you are martyrs’”

Msgr. Ba Shwe, Bishop of Loikaw (in the Christian majority state of Kayah), responds to Pope Francis’ repeated appeals for…

Ukraine. Msgr. Yazlovetskyi (Caritas-Spes): “We will survive this winter too, but for us the name of hope is peace”

During the Angelus prayer of Sunday 1 December, Pope Francis expressed his concern about the upcoming winter in Ukraine, which…

Council of Europe: Berset (Secretary General), ceasefire in Lebanon is “fragile step towards protection of civilian populations”. End violence in Gaza

Lebanon: Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire. Cardinal Pizzaballa: “Peace is something else entirely” Patton (Custos): “The ceasefire should include Gaza”

The 60-day ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect in Lebanon at 4am on Wednesday morning. After more…

1000 days of war. Shevchuk (UGCC), “We are surrounded by an ocean of sorrow, but hope thrives”

His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) said: “The war in Ukraine is…

1000 days of war. Sister Olexia (Kharkiv), the “face” of the elderly and children. “We hope to see a just peace”

The testimony of Sister Olexia Pohranychna, a nun belonging to the Congregation of the Greek Catholic Sisters of St. Joseph.…

One thousand days of war. The nuncio: “the people are overcome by fatigue and have stopped believing in promises. They need authentic hope”

Tuesday 19 November marks 1000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. SIR remembers those days with the Apostolic Nuncio…

EU Parliament: Metsola, “a special session to commemorate one thousand days of courage and daring of the Ukrainian population”

Missionary Forum. Paola Caridi: “In Gaza, an unacknowledged massacre”

Paola Caridi, journalist and author, expert on the Middle East, was one of the speakers at the Missionary Forum currently…

Scotland: Bishops’ Conference, Mgr Keenan is the new President. Plenary focussing on assisted suicide, Middle East and Caritas activities

Eurostat: 4.2 million Ukrainians escaped from the war hosted in the EU. Half of them in Germany and Poland