Skip to content

Catholic organization, Caritas, to commemorate 1 year of conflict in Ukraine

A Catholic organization is set to commemorate the one year anniversary of the conflict in Ukraine. Caritas-Spes Ukraine held a press conference early Monday to discuss its work in the war-torn country. The organization has helped more than 3.5 million people in the region. 

Executive Director of Caritas-Spes Ukraine, Fr. Vyacheslav Grynevych, joins to tell us more about what life is like on the ground in Ukraine. He discusses how the faithful are doing amid the war. Fr. Grynevych shares what sort of work Caritas is doing on the ground there and what data he will share at an upcoming conference. 

Receive the most important news from EWTN Vatican via WhatsApp. It has become increasingly difficult to see Catholic news on social media. Subscribe to our free channel today

Share

Would you like to receive the latest updates on the Pope and the Vatican

Receive articles and updates from our EWTN Newsletter.

More news related to this article

Pope Leo XIV on April 8, 2026, in St. Peter's Square. The pope presented his first encyclical, 'Magnifica Humanitas:' On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence, at the Vatican on May 25, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Magnifica Humanitas: Pope invokes justice to combat ‘anti-human vision’ in AI

Published Monday, the pope’s new encyclical warns of a “culture of power” fueled by the digital revolution and

Just what does it mean to be named a ‘chaplain of His Holiness’?

Father Fermín González Melado, who was recently named a “chaplain of His Holiness” by Pope Leo XIV, explains

A breakdown of the continental stages of the Synod

Pope Francis has made it clear: the Synod should no longer be an event but a process. And

Vatican: Small Part of Cremated Ashes Can Be Kept in Personal Place in Certain Cases

Under certain circumstances, it may be permissible for a Catholic to keep a small portion of a deceased loved one’s ashes in a personal place of significance if some conditions are met, according to the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Statue of St. Hildegard of Bingen. Credit: EWTN Vatican

St. Hildegard of Bingen in Rome

In the traffic-clogged streets of central Rome, far from the noise that often surrounds the modern concept of

Three Anniversaries to Relaunch the Catholic Church’s Missionary Zeal

COMMENTARY: ‘Ad Gentes,’ ‘Evangelli Nuntiandi’ and ‘Redemptoris Missio’ offer a potent reminder that the faithful are a key

LIVE
FROM THE VATICAN

Be present live on EWTNVatican.com