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…
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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…
Hospital inside the St. Mikhailivskiy Cathedral |PR News An historic church in Kiev was used as a temporary hospital to treat people injured in Ukraine’s violent clashes, activists said Wednesday. The landmark St.…
In connection with the bloody clashes in Kiev, Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary, Administrative Director of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, has urged the disputants to stop immediately. “From the beginning of…
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…
In view of the present crisis across Ukraine, our good friend Fr Athanasius McVay adduces two reflections on aspects of Ukrainian history as background. See here: Annales Ecclesiae Ucrainae: Understanding Ukraine’s Present…
Ukrainian Latin Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk: ‘Let’s move further than Independence Square Maidan’
Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk (Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine) held a meeting with scholars and students at the Institute of Philosophy National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday, February 4. The main topic for…
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…