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Ecumenical prayer service for peace in the Ukraine

The religious leaders participating in an ecumenical prayer service for peace in Ukraine that was held on March 7, 2023 in the Crypt Church of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., included from left to right, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States; Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington; Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia; Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop emeritus of Washington; and Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The prayer service was held 11 days after the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (CS photo/Mihoko Owada)