Ted Bechtold is now working in Bucharest, Romania, teaching English to refugees, helping in a shelter and also raising money to send to people in need who are still trying to leave Ukraine.
Update: Local man thankful for prayers, donations to assist Ukraine refugees
Photos of the Week: April 11, 2022
In the spotlight: Palm Sunday, Blessed Carlo Acutis relic, Ukraine
Photos of the Week: April 4, 2022
In the spotlight: papal visit to Malta, apology to Canadian Indigenous leaders, Vatican pizza, Ukraine war
Meeting migrants, pope warns civilization risks being ‘shipwrecked’
Saying civilization itself risks foundering because of apathy and selfishness, Pope Francis insisted that migrants and refugees must be treated with care and kindness and recognized as brothers and sisters.
U.S. students make connection with Ukrainian refugee children in Slovakia
Even as compassion and sympathy overwhelm people across the world, it is impossible to comprehend the depth of the plight of the Ukrainians.
‘Unusual kindness’: Papal trip to remind Malta of its ‘biblical’ hospitality
Pope Francis’ April 2-3 visit to Malta aims to encourage its people to extend their hospitality to thousands of migrants and refugees arriving along the same shores St. Paul once trod.
Vatican releases guidelines for intercultural ministry for migrants
Catholic communities are invited to grow in the joy of encounter and to recognize the new life that migrants bring with them, Pope Francis said, marking the release of a Vatican document on ministering to migrants in a multicultural world.
Pope: ‘There is no justification’ for ‘sacrilegious’ war on Ukraine
The pope had gone March 19 to the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital where some 50 Ukrainian children had been cared for since the war began.