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 […]
Chaplains made part of Ukraine’s military as war drags on
Kyiv, Ukraine AP To the haunting chants of a church choir in Kyiv’s 11th century Saint Sophia Cathedral, the first group of chaplains to join the Ukrainian military’s command structure graduated in a ceremony Saturday. Heads of church organisations bless Ukrainian military chaplains during the official ceremony of presenting certificates at Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, […]
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’s main Catholic church moves Christmas to 25th December in pivot to West
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s main Catholic church said on Monday it would move to a new calendar that would see Christmas celebrated on 25th December rather than 7th January, amid an effort by Ukrainian institutions to break cultural links to Russia. The move by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which counts just under a tenth […]
Significant Sights: How a makeshift PoW chapel from World War II continues to connect Ukrainians and Britons
DANIEL ADAMSON, a PhD candidate in history at Durham University in the UK, looks at the history of the Ukrainian chapel at the former Hallmuir PoW camp and its role in reference to the conflict in Ukraine today…
Rome synod aims to bolster identity of Ukrainian Greek Catholics amid conflict
Vatican CityRNS Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church are meeting at the Vatican for a synod aimed at strengthening the Byzantine Rite church’s ties with Rome while maintaining its identity in the ongoing tug of war between East and West. Ukrainian Greek Catholics, who make up the world’s largest Eastern church, are in full […]