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No heat, no electricity: Bishop warns of new wave of Ukrainian refugees
By JONATHAN LUXMOORE, Catholic News Service
Published December 4, 2022A Ukrainian bishop warned huge numbers of citizens could flee to Western countries during winter, and he appealed for continued international support in the face of a threatened “humanitarian catastrophe.”
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Catholics in Poland, Western Ukraine welcome people fleeing threat of war
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published February 22, 2022With the “further escalation of tension in Ukraine,” the president of the Polish bishops’ conference asked Polish Catholics to continue praying for peace, but also to be prepared to welcome Ukrainian refugees.
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Vatican confirms Medjugorje approval by joining youth festival
By JONATHAN LUXMOORE, Catholic News Service
Published August 8, 2019Senior Vatican representatives joined the first officially approved church festival at Medjugorje, three months after Catholic pilgrimages to the site in Bosnia-Herzegovina were authorized by the pope.
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Catholic groups pledge to make church’s voice heard at climate conference
By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service
Published November 28, 2018WARSAW, Poland (CNS)—As government delegations from across the globe prepare for a Dec. 2-14 U.N. conference on climate change, Catholic organizations are pledging to make the church’s voice heard. CIDSE, a network of 17 Catholic development agencies from Europe and North America based in Brussels, joined other Catholic aid organizations in Katowice, Poland, for the […] Full Story
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Organizers: World Youth Day in Poland ‘will involve long walks’
By JONATHAN LUXMOORE, Catholic News Service
Published July 7, 2016WARSAW, Poland (CNS)—Young people attending World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow, Poland, may have to walk up to nine miles to and from one of its key sites, event organizers said. “They’ll have to be ready for a long foot journey of several hours, but this has always been a feature of World Youth Days,” […]