Blessed Michael McGivney, Friend of the Lonely and Suffering, pray for us. “A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be consoled, since they were no more” (Mt 2:18). Intention For
February 24, 2022, opened a new page in Ukraine’s history — Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. That day, the Russian army attacked Ukrainian territories from the north, east and south. Missiles hit most regions of the country. Many people were
Uliania Zhuravchak left her hometown of Skhidnytsia, Ukraine, years ago, but even then, the war was already starting. She arrived in Krakow, Poland, in 2015 to serve on the World Youth Day organizing committee. She continues to live and work in Krakow,
As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine reaches the two-year mark Feb. 24, OSV News sat down with Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, recently returned from his latest visit to Ukraine, for his insights on the
Russia's war on Ukraine, now at the 10-year mark, aims to "eliminate the existence of the whole nation," warned the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
"We can testify that what is happening right now in Ukraine is genocide," said Major Archbishop
Blessed Michael McGivney, Defender of the Widow and Orphan, pray for us. “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”
One of two disappeared Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests seized from their church in Berdiansk in November of 2022 appears to have been illegally transferred to Russia, according to a human rights activist.
Redemptorist Father Ivan Levitsky is likely being held in an investigation
The Senate passed an approximately $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, following months of a stalemate amid growing divisions within the Republican Party over the role of the United States on the global stage.
But the legislation faces an uncertain
The Senate voted Feb. 8 to proceed with debate on a bill that would provide military and humanitarian aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, among other measures.
An official with Catholic Relief Services applauded the inclusion of humanitarian aid along with military aid
As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine marks its second year, an annual collection for Central and Eastern Europe's Catholic churches will help "shine the light of Christ" in a region still scarred by the historical effects of communism, said a U.S. bishop.
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