Father Vyacheslav Grynevych - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:04:47 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Father Vyacheslav Grynevych - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic priest from Ukraine gives Pope Francis cross made out of war rubble https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/02/27/catholic-priest-from-ukraine-gives-pope-francis-cross-made-out-of-war-rubble/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 04:53:19 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=156027 Father Vyacheslav Grynevych vividly remembers the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine one year ago. The Catholic priest woke up to a phone call: "Father, wake up because the war has started." "I understood that my life would never be the same as before," Grynevych said. A few days ahead of the Read more

Catholic priest from Ukraine gives Pope Francis cross made out of war rubble... Read more]]> Father Vyacheslav Grynevych vividly remembers the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine one year ago.

The Catholic priest woke up to a phone call: "Father, wake up because the war has started."

"I understood that my life would never be the same as before," Grynevych said.

A few days ahead of the Ukraine war anniversary, the Catholic priest was able to speak one on one with Pope Francis at his Vatican residence to share with the pope updates on the Church's humanitarian efforts on the ground.

Grynevych presented Pope Francis with a cross made out of broken glass and rubble from destroyed buildings in Kyiv in an emotional moment during their meeting.

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