“There is a lot of coming and going here. Thousands of refugees arrive every day,” Father Wladyslaw Biszko tells Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). The priest leads a pilgrim and retreat house in Lviv, on the same site as the Roman Catholic seminary. Since the start of the war, [...]
The very day the invasion of Ukraine began, the Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) announced an emergency aid package for Ukraine. And last week ACN increased its aid package to help the Catholic Church in Ukraine cope with the challenges of the [...]
The leader of the largest Catholic Church in Ukraine, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, has expressed his gratitude to all those who, at an international level, are doing what they can to put an end to the “horrific” war in his country. Since the beginning of this conflict the leader of [...]
Before leaving Ukraine Cardinal Konrad Krajewski recalls the profound suffering of the people, especially the women and children, but also their great faith and trust in the future. The Papal Almoner spoke to Vatican News spoke about his mission of Gospel charity, a journey made up of being with others [...]
The situation in Kyiv is getting more and more dire. A massive military convoy, more than 60 km (38 mile) long, is moving towards the Ukrainian capital. As the city increasingly comes under fire, priests are sticking it out with their communities in bunkers and aid raid shelters. The testimonies [...]
According to its own reports, the Russian army has yesterday, 8 March, put in place a new ceasefire in Ukraine and has opened “humanitarian corridors” for five cities. One of them is Mariupol, a port on the Azov Sea which is besieged by Russian troops. There have already been four [...]
All over Ukraine, stories are emerging of Priests, Sisters and Lay people, standing strong, holding on to faith and expressing courage and hope in the face of the ongoing war in Ukraine. These testimonies are being shared first hand by ACN's project partners on the ground in Ukraine. Irina and [...]
Kharkiv is one of the Ukrainian cities currently most under fire. On Tuesday a missile struck the house of the Roman Catholic bishop, Pavlo Honcharuk, tearing a hole in the roof, although no-one was injured. “So now we too have received one of these ‘presents’,” says the bishop in a [...]
Leading clergy in Ukraine have given poignant first-hand accounts of ministering to people terrified for their lives as their country is invaded in a deadly show of firepower. In testimonies to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishops and priests have described the panic that spread after the sudden [...]
Women religious in Ukraine are facing Russia’s full-scale invasion of that nation with determined faith and a commitment to service. “We understand that this is our new mission, to welcome the refugees,” said Basilian Sister Lucia Murashko, whose convent, the monastery of SS. Peter and Paul in Zaporizhzhia, is located [...]
