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The leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said on Friday that the war risks creating an ecological disaster as well as a humanitarian catastrophe, as Russian forces seized a major Ukrainian nuclear plant overnight. Sviatoslav Shevchuk recorded his latest video message as Russian forces continued to advance on the capital Kyiv, where the major archbishop is sheltering with others under the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Resurrection.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250567/ukraine-conflict-major-archbishop-says-war-risks-creating-ecological-disaster-as-well-as-humanitarian-catastrophe
Archbishop Shevchuk had said the previous day that Kyiv is “being transformed into the spiritual capital of the world” following Wednesday’s global day of prayer for fasting and peace. The U.N. refugee agency said on March 3 that more than a million people had fled Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion on Feb. 24. More than half of them have found refuge in Poland, which shares a 332-mile border with the country.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250559/ukrainian-catholic-leader-kyiv-is-being-transformed-into-the-spiritual-capital-of-the-world
The World War II martyr Titus Brandsma and two other blesseds will be declared saints at a canonization Mass on May 15, Pope Francis said Friday. The May 15 Mass at the Vatican was already scheduled for the canonization of Blessed Charles de Foucauld and six other blesseds. The Mass will now celebrate a total of 10 people the Catholic Church has recognized as saints, after miracles were confirmed to have taken place through their intercession. The ceremony will be the Catholic Church’s first canonization Mass since the start of the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250566/wwii-martyr-titus-brandsma-to-be-canonized-with-charles-de-foucauld-in-may
Today, the Church celebrates Saint Casimir Jagiellon of Poland, a 15th-century prince whose life of service to God has made him a patron saint of Poland, Lithuania, and young people.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-casimir-of-poland-167