As Pope Francis continued his treatment at Rome’s Gemelli hospital Sunday, he expressed gratitude to medical staff while marking the approaching third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a prepared Angelus message.

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Instead, the Vatican distributed a message from the pope in which he thanked his doctors for their care and well-wishers for their prayers, and prayed again for peace in Ukraine and elsewhere. “From here,

Pope Francis’ condition over the last day “has shown further slight improvement,” the Holy See Press Office states in an update Wednesday evening Rome time. A chest CT scan

This is the first time Archbishop Broglio has issued a Lenten reflection since he was elected USCCB president in 2022.

The European bishops were careful to note that their expression of solidarity was extended to Ukrainians “who have been suffering from Russia’s unjustifiable full-scale invasion for more than three years.

Gudziak, the highest-ranking Ukrainian Catholic bishop in the U.S., is based in Philadelphia and has visited Ukraine several times during the war.

When Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, welcomed Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda to the Vatican March 3, Russia’s war on Ukraine was a key topic on the agenda.

President Donald Trump paused future deliveries of military aid to Ukraine. Trump’s tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada went into effect this morning. Trump will deliver a potentially explosive speech to Congress tonight.

Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces could hold the situation together on the battlefield as they fight Russian troops despite a pause in U.S. military aid, and that it hoped to continue working with Washington pragmatically.