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Catholic leaders press for Orthodox Easter Ukraine war prisoner swap

Pope Francis has called for an ‘all for all’ prisoner exchange.

Luke Coppen
May 01, 2024
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Catholic leaders are pushing for a major exchange of Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war ahead of Orthodox Easter this Sunday.

An icon is retrieved from the rubble of a residential building in Zaporizhzhia, southeast Ukraine, after Russian shelling on Oct. 6, 2022. Mvs.gov.ua via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0).

Pope Francis launched the push March 31, when he c…

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