The Ukrainian Government’s Attempted Repression of the Ukrainian Catholic Church The religious dimension of the EuroMaidan protests in Ukraine these past two months has gone largely unremarked. Yet in Kiev and elsewhere,…
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At last – serious coverage in the UK Press of the crisis in Ukraine and the threat to the freedom of the Church and religious liberty: The head of the Ukrainian Greek…
Here is a translation of the letter sent to the leader of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk on January 13th, 2014 threatening legal repercussions for allowing priests minister to anti-government protests…
The Ukrainian government of President Victor Yanukovych, who caused surprise a few months ago when he unilaterally withdrew Ukraine from a long-running process of effecting an “association” between with the European Union, in…
Nativity of Our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family of London Homily for the Sunday after Nativity, 11 January 2014 A few days…
George Weigel writes: The Ukrainian popular uprising of late 2013 was not motivated by an unquenchable thirst for MTV and other expressions of western decadence. It was motivated by a deep yearning…
To the Son, eternally and immaculately born of the Father, Who—in the fullness of time—was born bodily, without seed, from a Virgin, Let us cry out to Christ-God: Holy are You,…
The conflict between Greek Catholics and Orthodox in Western Ukraine has to be resolved from both sides, said Cardinal Kurt Koch, head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. “Only by…
While press and media cover reports the demonstrations in Maidan Square and those of us in London know about the repeated efforts of the Ukrainian community here to keep their country’s problems…
Read the report online here: Ukrainian Greek-Catholic leader pushes for ecumenism and freedom of Ukrainians