Banned Russian priest stands by condemnation of war in Ukraine

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A Russian priest is standing by comments he made during a sermon that have seen him convicted by a Russian Orthodox Church court of "heretical" pacifism, and banned from conducting services. Father Ioann Burdin denounced the conflict in Ukraine in a service to his parishioners, saying Christians could not just stand by "when a brother kills a brother." Sean Hogan reports.

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