Ukraine

As the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine approached, Pope Francis delivered an appeal for peace and urged leaders to take action to end the conflict. In his weekly general audience on February 22, the pope spoke about the war's sad and destructive impact on the people of Ukraine, expressing his concern for the

According to the Illinois-based Slavic Gospel Association (SGA), the orphan crisis in Ukraine and Russia has intensified due to the ongoing war. The children are being taken away to overcrowded orphanages far away from their families, and the effects are dire. Most of these kids are from war-affected families, abandoned by drug-addicted and alcoholic parents,