Vatican unveils unusual postage stamp honoring Ukraine's Catholics

Vatican unveils unusual postage stamp honoring Ukraine's Catholics

The Vatican unveils on Feb. 26, 2026 a new postage stamp honoring Catholics in Ukraine, with the design showing a cathedral in Kyiv during a blackout in an unusually pointed reference to the daily struggles of Ukrainians in wartime. While the Vatican Postal Service frequently issues stamps to mark Catholic holidays or honor national Churches, it usually avoids any political references in its designs, preferring depictions of religious figures such as local saints. The new stamp, issued in the week that marks the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion, depicts Kyiv's Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ darkened by a lack of electricity but illuminated from behind with the orange glow of an evening sky. The cathedral has also served as a bomb shelter during the war. Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, leader of Ukraine's four million Eastern-rite Catholics, described it as a center of resistance.

REUTERS / VATICAN MEDIA

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