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A month of hope that light will defeat darkness
The war has broken out brutally and ruthlessly. A month of war for us feels just like one long day, when we keep no track of hours or days but of our deeds we manage to do. How many people to help? How many to rescue? How many to console……
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"Among the humanitarian aid, I saw this globe, it's like, I think our…
The testimony of Father Vyacheslav Grynevych, Executive Director of Caritas-Spes Ukraine, exactly one month after the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
read moreCardinal Tagle on war in Ukraine: no weapon can kill hope
Interview with the president of Caritas Internationalis on the war in Ukraine, Europe’s great test of solidarity and the testimonies of humanity that give hope, even in a time marked by suffering and pain.
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"In the morning we saw traces of military tank trucks near our house. The…
“A rabid crowd like an endless snake stretched across the entire station and underpasses for the trains to west Ukraine. People sat on bags, stood, walked, and chattered in the twilight, with trunks, children and pets… »
read more‘God takes care of His children’. From hell to miracle. Svitlana’s diary
We learnt that the priest tried to get the column out but it came under fire. A mother and her two children were in one of the cars. The mother got shot in her arm, one of the kids in the belly and the other one in the arm, too. I still…
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"If it weren't for the Lord, we would be at the very epicenter of…
February 24, 2022. The day when the life was divided into before and after. The events of that day became a point of no return. That day I woke up at 7 am from the alarm clock with a feeling of imminent trouble. After reading the…
read more"Cut the loaf into pieces to stretch for longer" - the story of…
I'm from Kiev. I remember standing on the Maidan in 2004 and 2014. Then we did not allow them to do to us what happened in Belarus. The bells rang and we ran to the square to fight for the right to live freely. This struggle continues to…
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‘Our city had never been more beautiful than on the day before the war’, Agnia…
My name is Agnia Bohun. I am a Ukrainian author residing in Kharkiv. The war in Ukraine has become a complete surprise to me. The threat had been around long ago, at the border, which is just 30 kilometres away. The build-up of the…
read moreTwo cardinals visit Ukraine to attest Pope Francis’s support for Ukrainians
Pope Francis has sent two of his cardinals to Ukraine to express his solidarity with the Ukrainian nation. Yesterday, Lviv welcomed Cardinal Conrad Krajewski, the distributor of Pope’s almsgiving. Michael Czerny, serving as Under-secretary…
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Merciful love continue
On the 13th day since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the situation in Ukraine is as follows: the civilian death toll is >2,690 people, including children >106. The number of wounded civilians is >13,300 people, including >930…
read moreTears of Ukrainian Society
War makes both adults and children cry; we learn it when hiding in basements during the airstrikes! The war-wounded hearts will never be healed! Aside from material losses that can be rebuilt over time, the pain and fear that people will…
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We need the solidarity of the whole world. We need to help Ukraine — Caritas…
First and foremost, this war means enormous suffering, and we see the humanitarian catastrophe. Caritas Ukraine and Caratis Spes stand behind these people, both Caritas Europa and Caritas Internazionalis stand on their side and try to…
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