Pope Francis met briefly with Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin, the former Israeli the latter Palestinian, who lost their daughters Photo: Vatican Media

War in Ukraine? Leader of the Eastern Greek-Catholic Church, the Most Numerous in Communion with the Pope, Responds

His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk asks if “as a shepherd of this suffering people: is it possible to sacrifice millions of Ukrainians suffering atrocities at the hands of the Russian occupiers for a so-called peace? Can I sacrifice my communities and be calm, while our Church is banned in the occupied territories? “Can I sacrifice our priests kidnapped by the Russians, about whom we have not heard anything for a year?”

Convert Jew Is Baptized in Madrid While His Son Prepares for His First Communion

He spent four long years in discernment, during which he saw many “signs” that confirmed his path. As that time when he was waiting for his wife Cristina, seated on a bench, and begging God for light to know if it was Judaism or Christianity. “Lord, what should I do? At that very moment, a priest came out of the building across the street and greeted me.” Javier saw the answer