Bishop of Kharkiv: We are a Church under bombs that loves and defies death

In an interview with Vatican Media, Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia, who met Pope Leo XIV at the General Audience, says he will bring the Pope’s blessing to his suffering country, and recounts "a devastated city, where bombings strike even playgrounds, deepening civilians’ fear and soldiers’ pain," but in which, "sisters and priests remain, despite everything." Read all  

Bishop of Kharkiv: We are a Church under bombs that loves and defies death

In an interview with Vatican Media, Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia, who met Pope Leo XIV at the General Audience, says he will bring the Pope’s blessing to his suffering country, and recounts "a devastated city, where bombings strike even playgrounds, deepening civilians’ fear and soldiers’ pain," but in which, "sisters and priests remain, despite everything."

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