Ukraine’s embattled religious orders keep faith and hope alive amid war February 4, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Catholic religious orders have played a major role in channeling life-saving humanitarian aid across Ukraine since Russia’s February 2022 invasion, keeping hopes alive while continuing to minister to the country’s much-depleted Catholic communities.
Catholic groups say increasing Russian missile attacks make providing supplies to Ukrainians ‘extremely dangerous’ January 17, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News In a national message Jan. 15, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, said the attack on Dnipro, where three days of mourning were declared, had been the “most tragic” of 57 weekend missile strikes against Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities.
Ukrainian bishops say people ‘determined to fight on’ despite worsening conditions January 13, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Auxiliary Bishop Sobilo of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia said that despite worsening conditions following Christmas and the start of the new year, the people in war-torn eastern Ukraine are determined to fight on.
