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Debris surrounds the Transfiguration Cathedral, which was damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa July 23, 2023.

Missile attack destroys Transfiguration Cathedral's central altar in Odesa, Ukraine

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A Russian attack on a key Ukrainian port city has partially destroyed a historic Ukrainian Orthodox cathedral and UNESCO World Heritage site, prompting international outrage and pledges to rebuild.

Pope Francis greets Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla of Juba, South Sudan, as the pontiff celebrates Mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba Feb. 5, 2023. The pope announced during his July 9 Angelus that Archbishop Ameyu Mulla will become a cardinal.

Cardinal-designate from South Sudan seen as peacemaker in ethnic conflicts

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When the next consistory convenes at the Vatican on Sept. 30, a South Sudanese archbishop -- whose installation met stiff resistance -- will be among the 21 recipients of the red hat.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, on a peace mission to Moscow on Pope Francis' behalf, speaks with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow at the patriarch's residence at the Danilov monastery in Moscow June 29, 2023.

Papal envoy gives Biden letter from Pope Francis, urges U.S. leaders to support peace

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Cardinal Matteo Zuppi hand-delivered a letter from Pope Francis to U.S. President Joe Biden as part of his three-day papal mission to help promote humanitarian efforts and open avenues of peace in Ukraine.

Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi and U.S. President Joe Biden are pictured in a combination photo. Biden will meet July 18, 2023, with Cardinal Zuppi, Pope Francis’ special envoy to seek a peaceful resolution to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Biden discusses war, humanitarian concerns in Ukraine with Pope Francis' envoy

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President Joe Biden met July 18 with Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Pope Francis' special envoy, to seek a peaceful resolution to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad celebrates a liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 4, 2013, file photo. Cardinal Sako said the church in Iraq is working with the government to prepare for Pope Francis' planned March 5-8 visit to Iraq.

Iraq president revokes decree that formally recognized Cardinal Sako as country's Chaldean patriarch

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Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Cardinal Louis Sako has left his patriarchal residence in the capital, Baghdad, relocating to a monastery in the northern Kurdistan region after the president of Iraq recently revoked a decree that formally recognized him as Chaldean patriarch in the country.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, Italy, smiles as he arrives for a consistory led by Pope Francis for the creation of new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 5, 2019.

Pope Francis' envoy to meet Biden as part of mission to help Ukraine

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Pope Francis has sent Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, his special envoy, to Washington as part of his ongoing humanitarian efforts to help Ukraine.

A Ukrainian solder picks up unexploded parts of a cluster bomb left after Russia's invasion near the village of Motyzhyn, Ukraine, April 10, 2022. In a CNN interview July 9, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden defended what he called a "very difficult decision" to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine amid Russia's invasion of that country, weapons the Vatican opposes.

U.S. to provide Ukraine cluster munitions opposed by the church as 'inhumane'

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Emergency personnel examine the area around a residential building that was hit by a Russian missile strike in Lviv, Ukraine, July 6, 2023. The missile attack killed at least four people, injured 37 others and destroyed hundreds of homes, apartments and other buildings and struck within some 600 feet of Ukrainian Catholic University, which sustained minor damage to four of its campus buildings. No one on campus was injured, the school said in a statement.

Russia launches 'barbaric attack' on civilians near Ukrainian Catholic University

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A Catholic university community in western Ukraine is reeling from a July 6 missile attack on the city of Lviv, located less than 80 km from the Polish border.

People who fled their homes due to fighting between the Afar Special Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front in Berhale, Ethiopia, wait for food near a makeshift compound in Afdera district, Feb. 23, 2022.

Food aid stoppage brings hunger 'beyond human imagination' in Ethiopia's Tigray region

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Stopping food aid in Ethiopia from the United States and United Nations caused severe hunger that has killed hundreds of people in the northern Tigray region in recent weeks, and one local bishop said the situation is "beyond human imagination."

Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, is pictured in a recent photo at the apostolic nunciature in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Pope Francis' ambassador: Staying in Ukraine during war a 'big, big grace' amid fears, frustrations

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As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine hit the 493-day mark June 30, OSV News sat down with Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, papal nuncio to Ukraine, to discuss his experiences of the war. Based in Kyiv, Visvaldas was visiting Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv for a conference and commencement exercises.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi speaks with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external church relations for the Moscow Patriarchate, during a meeting at the Danilov monastery in Moscow June 29, 2023.

Our churches must serve peace, Russian Orthodox leader tells cardinal

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The Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches should join efforts to promote peace before threats of a "major global armed conflict," the head of the Russian Orthodox Church told Pope Francis' envoy on a peace mission to Moscow.

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