After meeting with Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the Vatican, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, leader of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, hopes that the pope will plan a papal visit to the country. ...
A significant rupture between Orthodox churches in Ukraine has brought the official theological dialogue between Catholics and Orthodox to a standstill, according to a Vatican official involved in the talks. The Orthodox schism in Ukraine ...
Greek Catholics in Ukraine live out their history in a sort of valley, a compressed trench of the last 30 years in which their Church emerged from over 40 years of total oppression under the ...
What would happen if one’s church were declared illegal by the state? This is not a thought exercise for Ukrainian Catholics. The total oppression and liquidation of their Church under Soviet rule is a reality ...
When Our Sunday Visitor was invited to be part of a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to Ukraine, covering the ongoing war with Russia in that country’s eastern and southern regions was ...
Article based on Our Sunday Visitor’s participation in a June 25-July 6 solidarity visit to Ukraine made by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. ...
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