Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The Iraqi Ministry of Education has decided to include Syriac and Christian religious education in the currucula of 152 public schools in the provinces of Baghdad, Nineveh and…
“With expectant joy and an abiding sense of fraternity, we look forward, later this year in the Holy City of Jerusalem, to our commemorative encounter with our beloved brother in Christ, His…
The Patriarch of Moscow has today called for peace in Ukraine and prayers for its people. His statement follows, and to some extent counters, the urgent appeal for peace issued earlier in…
Members of the Ukranian community living and working in Wales have talked of their fears for their loved ones caught up in the country’s protests. After days of violence political leaders there…
Visit this RISU news report to see how the famous St Michael’s Monastery – destroyed by the Soviets and restored at Independence, and now served by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the…
20 February 2014, 17:53 | RISU On the Kyiv Independence Maidan, Redemptorist priests of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church have re-installed a chapel. The tent-chapel is now located between the stage and the statue…
20 February 2014, 15:30 | RISU The Holy Synod of the Kyiv Patriarchate today voted to suspend commemoration of the President and civil authorities of Ukraine during services in consequence of their use…
While most Cardinals are in Rome for the Extraordinary Consistory on the Family, there are a few who are noticeably missing. As Ukraine deals with the country’s rising violence, Cardinals Marian Jaworski…
One of the two tent chapels in Independence Square, keeping the peace and hope alive (Courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need) Kiev, Ukraine, Feb 20, 2014 / 03:24 pm (CNA/EWTN…
Washington D.C., Feb 19, 2014 / 04:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Christians in the West must take seriously their duty to support those suffering in the Middle East, the birthplace of Christianity, said…