A Latin-rite bishop in Ukraine said that over 95% of Catholics have fled his diocesan territory since Russia’s 2014 invasion.
“Before 2014, when the war began, our diocese had 72,000 faithful; today, about 2,500 remain,” said Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia.
The prelate spoke of the risk to priests of “not finding time for God,” of “throwing ourselves completely into work and service—serving and helping tirelessly—forgetting our own soul.”