Russian forces have driven out all Greek and Roman Catholic clergy from the occupied areas of Ukraine, said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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The French Catholic Church will welcome athletes and spectators to Paris this summer during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Shevchuk: Russian Attack on Kyiv Children’s Hospital ‘A Sin That Cries Out to Heaven for Revenge’
A July 8 attack by Russia on a children’s hospital and other civilian targets throughout Ukraine is “a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge,” said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Condemns Israeli Army Attack on Catholic School
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem issued a strong condemnation after the Israeli military targeted a Catholic school in Gaza that killed four people, including a senior Hamas official.
Catholic Church in Iraq Slowly Returns 10 Years after Invasion by ISIS Group
Ten years ago, an Islamic State group attacked and took over areas of Syria and Iraq, destroying property and killing members of religious minorities, including Christians who had made their home in the Nineveh region for more than 1,000 years.
Vatican Publishes Schedule of Pope’s Four-Nation Visit to Asia
Pope Francis will meet with young people, the marginalized, government officials, bishops, priests, religious and missionaries, when he travels to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore in September.
Vatican Excommunicates Archbishop Viganò, Found Guilty of Schism
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former nuncio to the United States, has been excommunicated after being found guilty of schism, the Vatican said.
U.S. Bishops Fund Ordinations in Haiti As ‘A Sign of Hope’
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From Cemetery With War Dead, Cardinal Urges World Help Ukraine So ‘Nonsense of War’ Stops
In what he said was the most dramatic moment of his eight visits to Ukraine, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner, appealed from a Ternopil cemetery that the world needs to help Ukraine without further delays so that the “nonsense of war” stops.
Catholics Bond, Across an Ocean, Via a Real-Time Video ‘Portal’
Mel Alegre, a parishioner of St. Bartholomew Parish in Elmhurst, was a stranger to the 30 people who gathered to pray on Saturday, June 22, near the historic Flatiron Building. But very few of these young-adult pilgrims to the Flatiron District knew each other. Nor did they know any of the people joining them from Dublin, Ireland.