Pope sends ambulances to Ukraine for Easter amid negotiation efforts

Pope Sends Ambulances to Ukraine for Easter Amid Negotiation Efforts

A destroyed residential building in Avdiivka, a Russian controlled region of Ukraine, is seen Feb. 16, 2025, amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. (PHOTO: OSV News/Alexander Ermochenko, Reuters) By Elise Ann Allen ROME – As the Vatican attempts to engage both Ukrainian and Russian officials amid ongoing efforts to secure a ceasefire, Pope Francis is sending four ambulances to Ukraine filled with medical supplies for Easter. In an April 7 com…

Pope sends ambulances to Ukraine for Easter amid negotiation efforts

As the Vatican attempts to engage both Ukrainian and Russian officials amid ongoing efforts to securing a ceasefire, Pope Francis is sending four ambulances to Ukraine filled with medical supplies for Easter.

Pope Francis sending Cardinal Krajewski back to Ukraine to deliver 4 more ambulances

Pope Francis blesses an ambulance that he donated to to treat the wounded in Ukraine’s Ternopil region in 2024. / Credit: Dicastery for the Service of Charity Vatican City, Apr 7, 2025 / 18:01 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has donated to Ukraine four ... [...]

The Vatican provides four ambulances to Ukraine.

Pope Francis donates four ambulances to Ukraine front lines

Pope Francis is donating four ambulances to Ukraine to be used on the front lines of the war with Russia, the Vatican said Monday.

Pope sends papal almoner to deliver ambulances funded by US Catholics

When the pope formally proclaimed the Holy Year dedicated to hope, he had said that "the need for peace challenges us all, and demands that concrete steps be taken." One concrete step is the gift of the four ambulances, the Dicastery for the Service of Charity said, becoming "a sign of Jubilee hope anchored in Christ."