(OSV News) — While the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church backed President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to put down a military rebellion, a Catholic bishop in Ukraine warned current events presented “both hope and danger” for his own country. “Today, when our brothers
While desperation mounts in Ukraine amid more than 480 days of war -- and in the aftermath of the destruction of a dam that caused the flooding of dozens of towns in the south of the country -- Cardinal Konrad Krajewski traveled
Delivering aid in Ukraine's flooded Kherson area has become a life-threatening task. Aid workers with Caritas and other organizations told OSV News they cannot go on rescue boats without wearing bulletproof vests and military helmets, as Russian troops have continued to fire
Asking European leaders for "creative efforts for peace" in Ukraine, the Vatican secretary of state said the Holy See "will continue to do its part."
"We cannot accept passively that the war of aggression in that tormented country continues," Cardinal Pietro Parolin said
Russian forces have reportedly seized a Roman Catholic church in Ukraine, according to published accounts.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a nonpartisan, nonprofit public policy research organization based in Washington, released an April 22 assessment stating that Viktoria Halitsina, head
A new report concludes that Russia is systematically persecuting believers of several faiths in Ukraine as part of a campaign of "cultural genocide."
"We see that Russia is now exporting (its) policies of state repression with laws in occupied Ukraine, which the Russian
Ukrainian church leaders have warned Russians they will have to answer for savagery inflicted on their country, following the International Criminal Court's indictment of President Vladimir Putin for war crimes.
"The world is gradually waking up to what we are suffering and giving
A broken rosary has become the inspiration to heal the war-torn nation of Ukraine, thanks to the efforts of a Philadelphia-area Ukrainian Catholic man and a dedicated group of volunteers.
Several years ago, 38-year-old Dorian Kernytsky of Rockledge, Pennsylvania, was given a replica
Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, writes about the All-Night Vigil, composed by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. He writes: “Thanks to the composer’s appreciation for the liturgy and liturgical chant, All-Night Vigil is a work of unparalleled transcendence, 75 uninterrupted
Catholics throughout the U.S. are standing in solidarity with Ukraine, as that nation marks the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion.
In a Feb. 22 statement, Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, Illinois, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on