“When smoking was more common, priests were advised to ‘keep your pipe filled’. This meant listening more than speaking,” says Ukrainian Catholic priest and Churchie Old Boy, Fr Martin Arnold, as he shares about spiritually and pastorally caring for Ukrainians locally
“A year ago people called me a ‘pacifist’ and I often thought that the profession of arms was unworthy of a Christian. Many of my friends are principled pacifists who say that any kind of violent harm, even in self-defence, is morally wrong. Since the Russian Federation’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February last year, I’ve changed,” says Fr Martin Arnold, a Churchie Old Boy and Ukrainian Catholic priest
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