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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russia of "destroying" the front line city of Bakhmut after weeks of relentless shelling by Russian forces.
2022-12-9

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Havryshivka Vinnytsia International Airport in Vinnytsia Oblast has been "completely destroyed" after being hit with eight Russian ballistic missiles.
2022-03-6

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses anti-war protesters in cities across Europe.
2022-03-4

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs an application for the country to join the European Union.
2022-02-28

Slovakia reverses its ban on unvaccinated people attending public events and will instead allow a negative test or proof of recovery from COVID-19 during a visit by Pope Francis on September 12 to 15 due to low vaccination numbers.
2021-09-4

Pope Francis issues an appeal to authorities in Ivory Coast to establish a climate of mutual trust and dialogue in the West African nation, where controversial elections have led to violence and a mass exodus from the country.
2020-11-15

Pope Francis asks the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, now meeting in Baltimore, to delay voting on proposals to address the sexual abuse crisis until he leads a global summit in February.
2018-11-12

Pope Francis, while honoring Christians killed under Nazism, communism, dictatorships, and terrorism at Rome's Basilica of St. Bartholomew, adds to those named the wife of a Muslim he met in Lesbos, Greece, who was killed by terrorists because she wouldn't throw down her crucifix. Francis referred to the Lesbos camp as a 'concentration camp' noting, despite the good will of local communities, many refugee camps are overcrowded and little more than prisons.
2017-04-22

Pope Francis announces the appointment of 20 new Cardinals, many of them coming from outside of Europe.
2015-01-4

Pope Francis canonizes a record-breaking 800+ new Catholic Church saints - Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI had submitted the 813 "Martyrs of Otranto" who had been beheaded by Ottoman soldiers for refusing to convert to Islam.
2013-05-12