Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has alienated the country’s Orthodox community
Now even the Ukrainian Orthodox Community aligned with the Moscow Patriarchate has denounced Russian belligerence.
Ukrainian Catholic leader: ‘May dialogue and diplomacy conquer war’
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk records a video message on Feb. 28, 2022. / Screenshot from Ukrainian Catholic University YouTube channel. Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 28, 2022 / 08:20 am (CNA). The leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church expressed hope on Monday that dialogue and diplomacy will “conquer war” in Ukraine. In a video message recorded […]
Putin Goes Soviet: Shades of Hungary 1956
Stringer and Intercontinental At right, a Russian armored vehicle sits at a railway station in Rostov Oblast, Russia Feb. 25, awaiting deployment to Ukraine. At left, a Soviet tank sits on St. Joseph Boulevard in Budapest, on Nov. 6, 1956, two days after helping to crush the uprising in Hungary. COMMENTARY: Right now, Ukraine is […]
Ash Wednesday Reset: Dioceses Prepare for More Typical Lenten Observance
Ashes are a mark of the start of the penitential season. While mindful of COVID protocols, plans are underway for pre-pandemic events and norms.
What’s Wrong With ‘We Baptize’ and Other Liturgical Abuses
Franco Origlia Pope Francis baptizes a young woman at the Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on April 15, 2017. Franco Origlia When the sacred liturgy is treated as a plaything, people will suffer.
After invalidly baptizing thousands, Arizona priest now performs a do-over of the sacrament
As the Rev. Andrés Arango poured holy water over the heads of a dozen people on Thursday evening, it represented the beginning of a new ministry for him: healing and helping those he invalidly baptized.
Muslim clerics in Senegal oppose toughening anti-gay law
A network of more than 93 Islamic organizations has come under fire from some Muslim clerics for fighting for the hardening of the criminalization of homosexuality
Mayors and bishops of the Mediterranean voice concern over Ukraine
War in Ukraine hovered over a five-day meeting in Florence during which civic and religious leaders discussed key issues linked to the future of their Mediterranean countries
LA’s Ukrainian Catholics rally in prayer for besieged homeland
Catholics across Southern California voiced prayers for peace to meet the might of an advancing Russian army across the world. And nowhere were the pleas more urgent this week than at a small Ukrainian Catholic church in East Hollywood, filled with parishioners Sunday to share a message by Archbishop José H. Gomez. They came, sons […]
Pope to Iraqi Christians: pursue dialogue (Vatican Press Office)
Pope Francis remarked that “it is not possible to imagine Iraq without Christians,” as he met on February 28 with a delegation of Church leaders from Iraq, marking the anniversary of the papal visit to their country. The Pope spoke of Iraq as one of the “lands of beginnings”—a place where ancient civilizations were born, […]