A priest of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Revd Dr Athanasius McVay, and a member of the Committee of the Society, has posted a personal appeal to Catholics in the UK. “The Ukrainian Nation is…
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The “brutal” crackdown on demonstrators in Ukraine is acting as a recruiting sergeant for the protest movement, according to a senior bishop, who described the country as engaged “in a battle for…
Patriarch Sviatoslav with Orthodox and Protestant Church leaders (with the Armenian and Latin archbishops to his left) meeting President Yanukovich to repeat his pleas for peace, justice and democracy on Friday. According to…
While the Vatican, and UK and Ireland Conferences wait for the moment to speak in solidarity with fellow Catholics of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church: The Most Reverend Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of…
The Archbishop of New York supports the EuroMaidan movement for peace, justice and democracy in Ukraine – in view of the attempt last week to suppress the Ukrainian Catholic Church and inhibit…
Ukrainian Orthodox priests and monks prayer for peace before both the protestors and police George Weigel writes: Last Thursday, in response to new and draconian laws that abridged their civil liberties, several…
See the posts below for the letter from the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and news comment The reason for such a reaction by the government office is religious activity, allegedly carried out by…
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,…
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…