With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine now in its fourth year, Ukrainians are deeply wounded but nonetheless have hope, a Kansas bishop recently told OSV News.

The Vatican inaugurated a nursery school for children of Vatican employees April 14.

A new bronze sculpture installed in St. Peter’s Square, near the showers and medical clinic the Vatican runs for people in need, invites visitors to reflect on the sacredness of welcoming others, especially the marginalized.

The Gospel contains a great message of hope, “because it tells us that wherever we are lost and however we are lost, God always comes looking for us!” said the text for Pope Francis’ weekly general audience.

It took the makers of “Journey to You,” the faith-based Hallmark Channel movie debuting April 19, just two efficient weeks in February to film one fictional American woman’s trek of the Camino. And, in lieu of Galicia, they based themselves in the center of the country, around Madrid.