Philadelphia, Pa., Jan 31, 2014 / 01:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia called on Catholics to pray for the Church in Ukraine during the country’s recent crisis and…
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Kiev, Ukraine, Jan 29, 2014 / 02:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A leading Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop has denounced the “brutality” of government crackdowns on protests in the Ukraine, while urging protestors not…
We have received the following email from the Ukrainian Catholic University. It is important to read it in this context: Since the protests began following the government’s decision to reject association with…
From Terrasanta.net : (Milan/e.p.) – So far this year, anti-Christian graffiti was sprayed on the walls of a Catholic institution in Jerusalem, and three synagogues and a mosque were attacked and vandalized.…
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – After messages of support from the Coptic Orthodox Church to General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, similar gestures of appreciation towards the strong man of the Egyptian army – and…
As reported by Interfax, the head of the Synodal Department of the Russian Orthodox Church on Church-Society, Vsevolod Chaplin, called the Maydanivskyy movement in Ukraine the “new horde.” Chaplin also believes that the…
Cairo ( AsiaNews) – A group of armed men yesterday afternoon attacked the Coptic Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary in the “October 6” district of the governorate of Giza. Police responded…
Michael J Miller, Catholic World Report, 27 January, writes: A Russian bid to draw Ukraine away from the European Union and more exclusively into its own economic and political orbit has had…
Sadly no mention of the 90 churches, some no less ancient and important, damaged or destroyed: Syria’s heritage in ruins: before-and-after pictures | World news | The Guardian
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 26 January, the Patriarch of Alexandria Tawadros II paid visit to General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Deputy Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces. During…