Eastern Catholic Churches
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GwenUkrainian Greek Catholic Church Head Prays for Crimea, Urges Ukraine’s Unity
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halyc, issued a statement on Feb. 28 praying for the people of Crimea and appealing...
Pope Wants Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church to Develop and Flourish, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Says
At a press conference on Monday, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said a two-day meeting with Pope Francis and curial leaders represented...
Conference in Warsaw, Poland, to Examine Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Between Soviet Authorities and Vatican, 1944–1978
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church found itself after the Second World War having to deal with Soviet authorities largely on its own, according to a conference description published...
Workshop in Munich, Germany, to examine Vatican and Greek Catholic churches under communist rule in Eastern Europe
The Collegium Carolinum in Munich and the German Historical Institute Warsaw have announced a workshop on the Vatican and the local Roman and Greek Catholic churches in Eastern...
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Parishioners in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Bid Farewell to Father Paul Wolensky
Parishioners from St. Vladimir Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of Scranton and SS. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of Simpson gathered to bid farewell to Father Paul...
Scranton Ukrainian Greek Catholic parish holds prayer service on eve of invasion anniversary
About 80 people gathered Thursday evening at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on North Seventh Avenue in Scranton, on the eve of the anniversary of the Russian...
Ukrainian Greek Catholic leader gives Pope Leo list of prisoners held by Russia
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, met Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace during an audience. According to domradio.de, Shevchuk described...
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Head Says Oleshky Situation Recalls 1932–33 Holodomor
Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, spoke in his traditional video address during the 241st week of the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine. He...
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Head Sviatoslav Says Just Peace Requires Justice for Victims and Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity
Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, told the Kyiv Diplomatic magazine in an interview that peace “does not mean deathly silence, but the fullness...
