The Interview: Ukrainian priest on funerals, food aid and prayers for victory
MARIKA PROCTOR, of Religion News Service, speaks with Rev Oleksiy Zavada, a Greek Catholic priest living in Lviv, about about the many funerals he’s presided over, how the life of the church has changed – and stayed the same – since the war started, and why he plans to stay…
Ukrainian Greek Catholics wrap up synod and leave Rome with a mission
Vatican CityRNS When 12 Greek Catholic bishops from Ukraine met with the Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, the retired pontiff invited them to be a force for unity in today’s “increasingly fractured and divided world”. Benedict, and other Vatican leaders, had a particular part of the world in mind. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of […]