Ukraine risks becoming “forgotten war”, Pope Francis says
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis is concerned that international attention is shifting away from the nearly two-year-old Russian war against Ukraine, the Ukrainian eastern-rite Catholic Church said on Wednesday. Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, 2022, and the two sides are locked in what has been described as a war of attrition, amid […]
“Nothing is lost in peace”: Pope Francis mobilising Vatican diplomats to quell a world war he says has begun
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on how Pope Francis and the Vatican are pursuing peace in the globe’s two major conflicts, working through official and unofficial channels…
Essay: Many Ukrainians are fleeing to the Greek Catholic Church in Lviv, which has a long and complex history in the Orthodox faith
In an article first published on The Conversation, J EUGENE CLAY, a scholar who has spend 30 years exploring the role of religion in Eastern Europe, looks at the role the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, both historically and in the nation today…
Ukraine church leader: No deal with Russia if they see us as colony
Vatican CityReuters The head of Ukraine’s Byzantine-rite Catholic Church met Pope Francis on Monday and said there can be no dialogue with Russia as long as Moscow considered the neighbour it invaded a colony to be subjugated. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk’s trip to the Vatican was his first trip outside Ukraine since the Russian invasion […]
Ukrainians want Russians removed from Pope’s Good Friday procession
Vatican CityReuters The Vatican’s decision to have both Ukrainians and Russians take part in Pope Francis’ “Way of the Cross” procession on Friday has caused friction with Ukrainian Catholic leaders, who want it to be reconsidered. The annual Via Crucis event on Good Friday at the Colosseum consists of the 14 Stations of the Cross, […]
Ukraine’s Catholic leader invites Pope to visit and help bring peace
Vatican CityReuters The leader of Ukraine’s Eastern-rite Catholics said on Tuesday he has invited Pope Francis to visit the country, calling it a huge gesture that would help bring peace at a time of tension with Russia. Speaking to reporters in a video conference from Kyiv, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said there was no need […]