As part of his weekly video message, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk issued an April 28 plea that, in particular women, medical workers and clergy be released, adding, "We will do everything in our power" to secure their freedom.
A woman religious based in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia asked OSV News to "tell all the world we suffer" as Russia's 11-year war and atrocities intensify in Ukraine -- and as Western aid is increasingly blocked by skeptical lawmakers.
In an
The head of the worldwide Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has offered his gratitude following Pope Francis' plea for an "all for all" prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.
On Easter March 31, Pope Francis issued the "Urbi et Orbi" ("To the city and
Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and other Christian leaders in the U.S. have denounced Russia's massive recent attack on Ukraine's energy system.
Russia launched more than 151 drones and missiles throughout Ukraine during the overnight hours of March 21-22, including 63 Shahed drones and 88
Russia's Catholic archbishop has echoed condemnations of a March 22 terror assault which left dozens dead and injured at a Moscow concert venue, although a bishop from war-torn Ukraine warned the atrocity should also remind Russians of what his country was suffering
Pope Francis has not accepted an invitation to travel to Moscow in June to meet with Vladimir Putin, the director of the Holy See press office said.
A report on the website of Intelligence Online, a French journal, "does not correspond to the
A senior priest in Russia has said he fears uncertain conditions for local Catholics after March 15-17 presidential elections, in which Vladimir Putin claimed a landslide victory after the forced elimination of effective opponents.
"Catholic preferences varied with the rest of the population
Thousands of mourners gathered in nearby streets, despite tight police cordons, chanting Navalny's name and slogans against President Vladimir Putin, while the dissident's small entourage headed for his grave at Borisovsky Cemetery in Moscow. Media reported dozens of mourners had been arrested
As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine reaches the two-year mark, religious leaders in Canada and Ukraine have issued statements calling for justice, peace and broad support of Ukraine's recovery.
Bishop William T. McGrattan of Calgary, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops,
As debate over the U.S. commitment to NATO becomes a talking point of the 2024 campaign, a Catholic peace scholar cautioned against creating confusion for U.S. allies.
Mary Ellen O'Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law School who specializes in international law and