People are “afraid of a real escalation,” says Bishop Sobilo of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia. “There are many mixed Ukrainian-Russian marriages here, so the front line runs through families, and our parishioners are praying for peace.”

POPE FRANCIS TO CONFER NEW LAY MINISTRIES FOR FIRST TIME IN ST. PETER’S BASILICA
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will confer the ministries of catechist, lector, and acolyte upon lay men and