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Papal Almoner to travel to Ukraine to bring Pope’s closeness

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Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, is preparing to undertake a mission to Ukraine from 27 to 30 October, with the full involvement of both the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Latin-rite Church. Read all  

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Papal almoner Archbishop Luis Marin de San Martin will travel to Ukraine on Tuesday. He will visit Kyiv, Zaporizhia, Dnipro, and Fastiv, the Vatican News website reported on Friday. He is expected to assure Pope Leo XIV of Leo XIV's closeness to those suffering because of the war.

Pope Leo XIV received in audience the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Archbishop Major Sviatoslav Shevchuk, who expressed his gratitude for the telephone conversations with Putin and Zelensky. He also thanked the Pope for his interest in the tragedy in Oleszki, the papal appeals, the Holy See's humanitarian mission on behalf of prisoners of war and children, and the trips of Cardinal Zuppi and Archbishop Gallagher to Moscow and Kyiv…

Postage stamps, books, and photo albums were just some of the gifts Pope Leo XIV received from Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The clergyman also expressed Ukraine's gratitude for the Vatican's appeals and humanitarian efforts.

From 27 to 30 October, the pontifical limo, Monsignor Luis Marin de San Martín, prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, will return to Ukraine to bring the Pope’s solidarity to the people attacked by Russia. Shevchuk expressed his special gratitude to the Pope for the gesture of making both calls – the one addressed to Putin took place during his hospitalization at Gemelli – as well as for the attention paid to Oleshky’s “humanitari…

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domradio.de broke the news on Friday, October 23, 2026.
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