Tag: war

Banned Russian priest stands over his condemnation of war in Ukraine

Father Ioann Burdin from the Russian village of Karabanovo became a convicted heretic, banned from conducting services.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights warns of disgraceful state of Myanmar

Since the military junta has taken control, thousands of civilians have been killed and 2.3 million displaced

Pope Francis: Bethlehem reminds us of the children suffering in the Holy Land

The children, who pay the heaviest price for war said Pope Francis in Saint Peter's Square.

Desperate community asks Christian Salesian Sisters to stay in war-struck Sudan

The house of the Christian Salesian Sisters has been recently bombed in war-torn Sudan

Christians denounce appalling Hamas attack on Israel

Christians have joined in the condemnation of a major Hamas attack on Israel

Al-Shabaab peace offer threatens Christian minority

Al-Shabab offers peace deal to the US government, but the cost would be the eradication of Somalia's entire Christian minority

Russian hieromonk was sentenced to jail for opposing the war in Ukraine

Religious leaders are expected to support the war effort by the authorities.

Pope Francis appeals for end to “absurd and cruel” Ukraine war

He has once again called for peace during his Ash Wednesday General Audience.

Ukrainian artists turn instruments of death into life-giving icons

Painters of icons hope that recent gift to King Charles III will lead to more recognition of suffering in Ukraine.