Bishop Andriy (Sapeliak), 93 years old, UGCC bishop, received in Lviv his Ukrainian citizenship, according to Radio Liberty. |
An iron cross believed to belong to St Mary MacKillop's original grave
is being shown in public for the first time in 99 years, reports The Daily Telegraph. |
Heads of traditional Ukrainian Churches
appealed to the faithful and all people of good will to join in the
All-Ukrainian community initiative: A National Day of Memory on the 80th
anniversary of the Holodomor.
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The Vatican's highest doctrinal official has
reaffirmed church teaching barring divorced and remarried members
receiving Communion without an annulment of their first, sacramental
marriage, reports the Catholic News Service. |
Even though not identifying itself with any
culture, the Church is aware of the importance of dialogue with the
cultures present in the European continent. It is impossible to think of
the proclamation of Christ outside history. In fact, Christ’s encounter
with history gives rise to culture: the culture of life. These were the
thoughts of the Eastern Rite Catholic bishops in Europe in drawing up a
final message at the end of their annual meeting. |
For the people of the third millennium
salvation of their own souls is often associated with the cult of
pleasure. It was said by Father, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) today during the homily in
the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. |
September 14th according to the Julian
Calendar marks a new liturgical year in Churches of the Byzantine
Tradition. The date of Indiction, on which the liturgical year begins
was set during the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in 325 AD – and it
has remained this way ever since. |
Pope
Francis held his weekly General Audience in St Peter’s Square on
Wednesday. The Holy Father continued his catechetical reflections on the
Church, focusing on the image of the Church as Mother. |
The Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn has a new
Archbishop. Bishop Christopher Prowse, of Sale, will be installed as the
Archdiocese’s seventh Archbishop at St Christopher’s Cathedral in
Canberra on November 19. |
Australia’s Catholic Bishops are urging Australians to confront the
challenge of world poverty in their annual Social Justice Statement, Lazarus at Our Gate: A critical moment in the fight against world poverty. |
Repeating his recent calls for peace in the Middle East, Pope Francis
has urged Christians to wage a "deeper war” against evil, including the
illegal arms trade that he said drives much of the world’s military
conflict, reports The Catholic Herald. |
About God’s wisdom of our predecessors, the
Kyiv Christianity worldview and various perceptions of it, the
necessity of a spiritual change in Ukrainian society, the role of the
blessing of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Kyiv and the path of the
further development of UGCC, the directions of the unity of Ukrainian
Churches of the Kyiv tradition, challenges of globalization, a search
for new approaches in the personal life of a person and an own course of
one’s life -- about all this today will speak the UGCC Head His
Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk). |
Today,
during the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Ukrainian
Catholic University (UCU) and the opening of the innovative academic
building, the Great Chancellor of UCU, Patriach Sviatoslav Shechuk, by
decree appointed Bishop Borys Gudziak as president of the Ukrainian
Catholic University, with all the rights and responsibilities of
government. |
Pope Francis will host a meeting of cardinals on September 30 to
formally approve the canonisation of Blesseds John Paul II and John
XXIII, and announce the date for the canonisation at that time, reports
the Catholic News Service. |
The Patriarchal Cathedral of the
Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv "is a visual sign of the unity and
independence of our Church both in Ukraine and far beyond its borders,”
said the Head and Father of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, His
Beatitude Sviatoslav on August 18th in the sermon during the
International All-Church Pilgrimage on the occasion of the blessing of
the Patriarchal Cathedral and the celebration of the 1025th anniversary
of the Baptism of Ukraine-Rus. |
The choice of Saint Volodymyr to accept
Christianity played a significant role in the development and future
direction of Kyivan Rus which eased the integration of people who lived
within its boundaries both at that time and in the following epochs. |
The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church expects
more than 20,000 pilgrims to attend the Blessing of the Patriarchal
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ and the celebration of the
1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus-Ukraine to take place on August
17-18. |
The synod takes place in Kyiv from August 11 to 18. The main theme of
the synod is "The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the New
Evangelization.” |
Rio,
July 28, 2013: It’s official: the next venue for World Youth Day
celebrations will be Krakòw, Poland. Pope Francis made the announcement
in Rio de Janeiro Sunday, the final day of his week-long pastoral visit
to Brazil for WYD 2013. |
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