“Along with the whole world, we are praying with great hope, and we are asking for prayer. We believe in the help of Mary, the Mother of God.” Four weeks after the beginning of the war, many believers in Ukraine are setting great hope on the latest initiative of Pope [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has just approved a new emergency aid package for six monasteries sheltering hundreds of displaced persons in western Ukraine. This will allow the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church’s Basilian monks to continue helping those who fled the fighting. The new ACN aid for the [...]
Since the beginning of the war, the Archdiocese of Ivano-Frankivsk, in Western Ukraine, has been welcoming women and children refugees. The international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) supports the archdiocese in this effort. Some of those who left everything behind spoke to ACN about their experience. Vasilisa [...]
Enduring a war in the capital of Ukraine, Fr Lucas couldn’t feel much further from Brazil, where he was born and raised. Yet he refuses to leave the country and is moved by the many examples of hope that he has witnessed during this conflict. Father Lucas Perozzi is in [...]
A displaced mother talks about the aid she has received from the local Church “My name is Yulya and these are my daughters Sofiya and Anastasia, and my nephews Ivan and Demian. Until 24 February we all lived in Brovary”, says this young Ukrainian mother as she begins to describe [...]
One month into the war in Ukraine, which began on 24 February, attacks on the capital have intensified and the number of people fleeing their homes in search of safety, protection and help continues to grow. Close to four million Ukrainians have crossed the border into neighbouring countries, but according [...]
As troops close in on Kyiv and attempt to encircle the city, nuns are donating their blood to help those injured during the Russian assault. Father Mateusz Adamski of Kyiv-Zhytomyr Diocese, which covers Ukraine’s capital, told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) why there had been an [...]
From the very beginning of the war, the Archdiocese of Ivano-Frankivsk, in West Ukraine, has been involved in welcoming fleeing women and children, most of whom are coming from major cities such as Kyiv, Kharkhiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Odessa. Sofia with her mother Viktoria in a room.Families accommodated in [...]
With millions trying to escape Ukraine, some insist on staying behind to help those who cannot flee. Among them are the diocesan workers, volunteers, priests and religious of the Kyiv-Zhytomyr diocese. Even the nuns are donating blood, and everybody knows that in remaining they are risking their lives. ACN has [...]
KHARKIV IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE UKRAINIAN CITIES MOST UNDER FIRE. Many buildings and apartments have been damaged or even destroyed. In the first week of the war, a missile hit the bishop’s house in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia. Despite the dangerous situation, Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk is staying with [...]
