A Ukrainian Bishop has described as a ‘miracle’ the failure of two Russian rockets to explode inside a church after they had penetrated the roof of the building during an artillery bombardment.

The incident occurred at a Latin-rite parish in the city of Kherson a day before Christmas amid shelling that reports say killed 10 people and injured 55 across the city.

Latin-rite Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Monsignor Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, cited the occurrence in his homily at Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve saying it was one of many different miraculous cases that had taken place that day.

“God is in charge. One person shoots, and God controls that rocket”, the bishop noted.

“There are many Catholics who fast every Friday on bread and water for victory, for their soldiers. Kherson was heavily shelled on Friday. After that, our priest calls and says: imagine, 2 rockets flew into the temple. Everyone was there – people were cleaning: children, women, two priests. They were preparing for Christmas and… none of these rockets exploded, leaving only holes in the roof. One fell and split in two, and the other got stuck in the wall. None exploded. Isn’t this the grace of God?”, he said.