Catholic Review
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vocations, War in Ukraine, World News
A consecrated virgin in Ukraine told OSV News she is grateful for her vocation, which enables her to “give all, day and night,” to those impoverished by Russia’s decade-long war against her nation.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News
During a September visit to Ukraine, OSV News sat down with Bishop Stepan Meniok, a Redemptorist and bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church’s Donetsk Exarchate.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News
A Ukrainian Catholic University student and all but one member of her immediate family were among those killed in a Sept. 4 strike by Russia on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News
Redemptorist Father Bohdan Geleta reflected on his experiences in an hourlong interview with host Taras Babenchuk that aired Aug. 20 on Zhyve TV, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church’s television channel.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News
“Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched,” Pope Francis said about a Ukrainian law banning the Russian Orthodox Church, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Aug. 24, Ukrainian independence day.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News
The largest organization of religious leaders in Ukraine is backing a proposal by that nation’s president — approved by Ukrainian lawmakers Aug. 20 — to ban the Russian Orthodox Church and its affiliates, which have openly supported Russia’s decade-long war on Ukraine.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News
As the world commemorates World Humanitarian Day 2024, the latest figures on the dire circumstances aid workers face on the frontline highlight the alarming increase in attacks against them and their work to relieve the suffering of civilians caught in the crossfire.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, War in Ukraine, World News
Russian forces have destroyed another Ukrainian Greek Catholic church, while a priest at a separate parish is hastening to remove sacred items ahead of an expected Russian attack.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News
Pope Francis and the Holy See tread a fine line in responding to Russia’s war on Ukraine, balancing statesmanship and spiritual values amid the 11-year conflict, said a Ukrainian Catholic church historian.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News
Pope Francis met July 11 with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external church relations for the Moscow Patriarchate, the Vatican announced.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News
The heroic work and witness of the Eastern churches in some of the world’s most conflict-ridden regions was highlighted at the annual Catholic Media Conference held in Atlanta in June.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News
Russian forces have driven out all Greek and Roman Catholic clergy from the occupied areas of Ukraine, said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
