Thursday, 20 February 2014 After a night of violent confrontations between protesters and police and the deaths of more than two dozen people, Pope Francis and Ukrainian church leaders spoke out on…
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Politics aside, it’s hard to deny that the images beamed to the world from the opening of the Sochi Games were anything short of stunning. Of course, removing the Olympics from political…
As the President of Ukraine continues to assault his own people, constrict their peaceable civil rights and threatens the liberty of the Church, Her Majesty’s Government warns him: “President Yanukovych should be…
Representatives of various denominations take turns in celebrating Mass on Kiev’s Independence Square, the heart of anti-government demonstrations. They were invited by the leaders of the opposition. Churches condemn the streets on…
Please note that the lecture Wednesday 12th February is cancelled, owing to floods and suspended transport. The next lecture will be: Language, identity and inculturation in the Ukrainian Catholic Church – Wednesday,…
Congratulations to our friend Fr James Siemens in Wales, who has set up a chaplaincy for Eastern Christian students in the Welsh capital. A Ukrainian Catholic priest, he is Catholic chaplain at…
While the UK’s Catholic press remains largely indifferent, and the UK press and media in general are unable to analyse what is going on – and the dangers for all Europe: Written by…
Patriarch Sviatoslav (right, Ukrainian Catholic leader) and Patriarch Filaret (left, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Kievan Patriarchate) together went to Canada and the USA to raise awareness in the West of the crisis for justice…
Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Venedykt Aleksiychuk compared the current situation in Ukraine to the times of World War II. According to him, the authorities and…
February 4th: Philadelphia Roman Catholic Archbishop Charles J. Chaput is urging Catholics in this region to support efforts to get Congress and the Obama Administration to impose financial and travel restrictions on…