La organización humanitaria Fokal y los reyes Abdulah II y Rania han sido anunciados como los galardonados por sus contribuciones a la promoción de un mundo más pacífico y compasivo, según los valores del histórico documento firmado por el Papa Francisco y el Gran Imán de Al-Alzhar, Ahmed Al-Tayeb. Dos cardenales comentan desde Abu Dabi.

La Oficina de Prensa de la Santa Sede dio a conocer que el Santo Padre ha cambiado su agenda para los próximos días a causa de una “gonalgia aguda”, que no le permitirá participar en el Encuentro de los Obispos y Alcaldes del Mediterráneo y no presidirá el rito de apertura de la Cuaresma.

Este 25 de febrero, el Santo Padre Francisco se reunió con el embajador de la Federación Rusa ante la Santa Sede, Alexander Avdeev, para expresarle su preocupación ante la guerra en Ucrania tras los ataques militares iniciados por Rusia el pasado 24 de febrero.

Russia claims it has taken an airport north of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, and says it plans to topple the democratically elected government. The announcement came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that the world had abandoned Ukraine.

Churches in Europe unanimously condemn the attack on Ukraine, while calling for prayers and solidarity.

“Zayed Award for Human Fraternity” announces that it has selected the King and Queen of Jordan and Haitian humanitarian organization FOKAL as winners of this year’s edition.

Following an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, the Pontifical Foundation, Aid to the Church in Need rolls out €1 million in emergency aid to help the Church in the country.

Due to acute knee pain, Pope Francis will no longer be travelling to Florence on Sunday for a meeting of Mayors and Bishops of the Mediterranean, nor will he preside at the Ash Wednesday liturgy next week.

The killings have set back WHO’s polio vaccine campaign in the country, which was resumed in November.

On Wednesday, Archbishop Borys Gudziak spent time in Lisieux, France, at the grave of St. Thérése praying for Ukraine, and Russian President Vladamir Putin’s conversion so that Russia and the rest of the world could be free of his tyranny.

Malta recently announced that it will hold general elections in late March, several months ahead of schedule and days before Pope Francis’s visit to the island nation, meaning the pope’s message risks being lost amid the political fallout.

In an almost two-hour long dialogue with students from several Catholic universities from the Americas, Pope Francis condemned violence and conflict, but despite the opportunities to address Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he chose instead to avoid specifically naming any of the world’s ongoing wars.

Friday morning, the day after Russian military forces invaded Ukrainian territory, Pope Francis paid a quick visit to the Russian embassy to the Holy See in Rome to voice concern over what he called the “war” now taking place.

The Vatican has hosted many massive and moving canonization ceremonies over the centuries, but a rite held in 1622 continues to be commemorated by devotees and studied by scholars.

Various Catholic agencies are collecting donations to aid with the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

The justices on the country's highest court have agreed to hear a case that could decide the fate of a Trump-era immigration policy that Biden administration officials have been trying to end.

Los jueces del más alto tribunal del país han acordado escuchar un caso que podría decidir el destino de una política de inmigración de la era Trump que los funcionarios de la administración Biden han estado tratando de terminar.

Ante el ataque militar de Rusia a Ucrania, organismos internacionales claman un cese inmediato de las hostilidades y exhortan a proteger a los sectores más vulnerables, entre ellos los niños y las niñas.

El Cardenal Secretario de Estado tras el ataque ruso a Ucrania: "Todavía hay tiempo para la buena voluntad y la negociación"