Posts Tagged ‘Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas’

Ukraine Nuncio urges Catholic aid after prisoner ‘horror stories’

Thursday, August 29th, 2024
Catholic aid

The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, has urged for increased Catholic aid to support prisoners of war and civilians freed from Russian captivity, following reports of “horror stories” from those released. The archbishop wants more international support in areas where the Ukrainian government struggles to provide adequate resources. Archbishop Kulbokas highlighted three critical Read more

‘The Ukrainian heart is torn by the pope’s words’: nuncio summoned over Francis’ comments on car bomb

Monday, August 29th, 2022

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, Pope Francis’ ambassador to Ukraine, to express disappointment about papal comments regarding the death of Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel. In an 25 August briefing, Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba told journalists that summoning a nuncio to the ministry was Read more