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LA Archdiocese announces special collection for those suffering in Ukraine
Mar 12, 2022 / 16:21 pmThe Archdiocese of Los Angeles has asked parishes to add a special collection during the weekends of March 12-13 and March 19-20, 2022, in solidarity with those suffering in Ukraine since the Russian invasion.
Russian invasion turning into war against civilians, says Ukrainian Catholic leader
Mar 11, 2022 / 07:40 amCiting official statistics, Major Archbishop Shevchuk said there were more deaths among civilians than the military.
Our Lady of Fatima shrines asked to join in prayer for conversion of Russia
Mar 11, 2022 / 04:25 amThe appeal was made by the rector of Ukraine’s Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Fatima.
Ukraine war: Metropolitan Hilarion suspended from post at Swiss university
Mar 10, 2022 / 09:15 amMetropolitan Hilarion is one of the most prominent figures in the Russian Orthodox Church.
Ukraine's ‘City of Mary’ has been turned into a cemetery, says Catholic leader
Mar 10, 2022 / 06:30 amThe besieged city of Mariupol is known as the ‘City of Mary.’
Nordic Catholic bishops: German ‘Synodal Way’ fills us with worry
Mar 10, 2022 / 04:00 amThe bishops cautioned against ‘capitulation to the Zeitgeist.’
'Pray for the conversion of Vladimir Putin': Philadelphia's Ukrainian archbishop reacts to Russian invasion
Mar 9, 2022 / 15:08 pmThe Ukrainian Archbishop of Philadelphia fears that the Russian invasion will again lead to the suppression of Catholicism in Ukraine, worrying that leading Catholic figures are on a “hit list.”
Irish Catholic bishops call on Patriarch Kirill to support Ukraine ceasefire
Mar 9, 2022 / 12:10 pm‘This invasion and aggression reminds us of the fragility of peace, even in Europe,’ the bishops said.
St. John Paul II’s former residence in Poland opens doors to Ukrainian refugees
Mar 9, 2022 / 10:45 amAlmost 1.3 million Ukrainians have sought refuge in Poland.
Ukrainian Catholic leader: ‘Our spiritual heritage is being destroyed by bombing’
Mar 9, 2022 / 07:47 amMajor Archbishop Shevchuk said that ‘priests are being killed.’
Catholic bishop in Puerto Rico says his removal by Pope Francis is ‘totally unjust’
Mar 9, 2022 / 06:05 amHe said he was asked to resign because he ‘had not been obedient to the pope nor had I been in sufficient communion with my brother bishops.’
Papal envoy meets Catholic leaders in Ukraine
Mar 9, 2022 / 02:00 amCardinal Konrad Krajewski is one of two cardinals visiting the war-torn country at the pope’s behest.
Ukraine’s resistance to Russian invasion a ‘miracle,’ says Catholic leader
Mar 8, 2022 / 07:30 amMajor Archbishop Shevchuk compared the war to Poland’s 1920 ‘Miracle on the Vistula’
People who joined Cardinal Pell ‘pile-on’ guilty of ‘intellectual cowardice,’ says speaker
Mar 8, 2022 / 06:05 amThe cardinal was acquitted by Australia’s High Court on April 7, 2020.
Catholic leader thanks Poles for welcoming 1 million people fleeing Ukraine war
Mar 7, 2022 / 07:00 am‘May the Lord God repay you a hundredfold,’ said Major Archbishop Shevchuk.
‘I will go to Ukraine, as far as I can,’ says papal envoy
Mar 7, 2022 / 05:35 amCardinal Konrad Krajewski is one of two Vatican cardinals visiting the war-torn country.
German Catholic bishops’ leader calls for change to Catechism on sexuality
Mar 4, 2022 / 11:30 amBishop Georg Bätzing said: ‘Sexuality is a gift from God. And not a sin.’
Many seeing ‘luminous angels’ over Ukraine, says major archbishop
Mar 4, 2022 / 07:15 amThe Archangel Michael is patron saint of the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
Ukraine’s major archbishop: War risks creating ecological disaster as well as humanitarian catastrophe
Mar 4, 2022 / 05:40 amFire broke out overnight at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid Russian shelling.
Ukraine conflict: Cardinal Bo fears ‘nightmare scenario’ of ‘global nuclear holocaust’
Mar 4, 2022 / 03:07 amThe Burmese Church leader said the world was on ‘the threshold of self-annihilation.’