Brussels, Belgium, March 20, 2014 (Zenit.org) One of Pope Francis’ closest advisers has warned that the situation in Crimea is one of the most difficult foreign policy crises Europe has faced in…
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19 March 2014, 11:52 Crimean Catholics following the referendum, in which the people expressed their desire to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation, will feel fear and anxiety. Following the…
Readers may be interested in this reflection on liturgical and canon law with regard to Latins attending the Liturgy with Eastern Catholics, or for that matter with Orthodox, from a Roman Catholic Canon…
Video of NBC Interview with the Archbishop of New York, talking about Patriarch Sviatoslav and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Meet…
Swiss bishops, following Pope Francis’s lead, called for all people of good will to pray for peace in Ukraine. It is necessary to support all initiatives that encourage dialogue and reject violence,…
As crisis deepens, churches harbor the injured and officials appeal for peace, freedom of citizens, writes Jonathan Luxmoore from Poland for OSV Newsweekly 5th March 2014 As the political situation in Ukraine’s…
New York, March 05, 2014 (Zenit.org) | Here is a statement from Auxiliary Latin Roman Catholic Bishop Jacek Pyl of Odessa-Simferopol. Since many weeks now the Roman Catholic Church with her prayers accompany whole of…
March 4, 2014 WASHINGTON—Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement on Ukraine, March 4, and cited concerns for “current tensions and troubling events which…
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Ongoing violence and social and political crisis rocking the Middle East has prompted the religious communities in the region rethink forms of presence in order to meet the…
An appeal for prayer has come from Ukraine’s most senior Catholic bishop as momentous political change sweeps the country. Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki, president of Ukraine’s Latin-rite Roman Catholic Bishops’ Conference, highlighted the…