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Palm Sunday bombing in Ukraine claims 34 victims, including 15 children

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Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week:

Palm Sunday bombing in Ukraine claims 34 victims, including 15 children​

Two Russian ballistic missiles struck the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on the morning of Palm Sunday, claiming at least 34 victims, including 15 children, as many were preparing to attend liturgies to mark the beginning of Holy Week.

More than 100 others were also injured in the attack, according to a Vatican News report. “There’s nothing left but to turn to the Lord to defend us, because it seems that no other force is capable of protecting peace and life,” the apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, told Vatican News Service.

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