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Ukrainian Catholic University students take shelter as air raid sirens sound
by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Feb 25, 2022 / 10:40 am Ukrainian Catholic University students hid in a shelter Friday morning as air raid sirens sounded in Lviv, western Ukraine. Father Bogdan Prach, the rector of the Catholic university, appealed for support from the global academic community as Russian troops …
Pope Francis visits Russian embassy to Vatican ‘to show his concern’ at Ukraine conflict
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 25, 2022 / 04:57 am Pope Francis visited the Russian Embassy to the Holy See on Friday morning, according to the Vatican press office. The Vatican said on Feb. 25 that the pope went to the embassy “to show his concern for the war.” …
Russia’s invasion ‘will probably call for martyrdom,’ leader of US Ukrainian Catholics warns
by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 25, 2022 / 11:12 am The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States says the Russian invasion of Ukraine “will probably call for martyrdom.” Reacting to the rapid pace of developments on the first day of Russia’s attack, Archbishop Borys …
Thoughts from the Franciscan Friars on the Russian-Ukraine War
The following is a statement from the provincial ministers of six provinces belonging to the Order of Friars Minor in the United States regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Feb. 24, 2022 — We are horrified at the unfolding violence in Ukraine and the death and destruction unleashed on the …
Ukraine crisis: Pope Francis calls for global day of fasting for peace on Ash Wednesday
by Courtney Mares Vatican City, Feb 23, 2022 / 03:07 am Expressing great sadness at the worsening situation in Ukraine, Pope Francis asked world leaders on Wednesday to “make a serious examination of conscience before God.” Speaking at his live-streamed general audience on Feb. 23, the pope called for people to fast …
Pope Francis on day of prayer for Ukraine: ‘Please, no more war’
by Courtney Mares Vatican City, Jan 26, 2022 / 04:28 am At the beginning of the Catholic Church’s day of prayer for peace in Ukraine, Pope Francis made an earnest appeal to those in power: “Please, no more war.” “I invite you to pray for peace in Ukraine and to …
To Russia with Love
by Matt Hess Bill Fuller, Missions Committee President at Holy Angels in Sidney, knows that while things have been less active the past year and half due to the pandemic, the committee who coordinates the parish’s mission twinning efforts is ready to get their parish excited again to help their …
Cordonnier ordained a priest in Russia (Updated with photos)
Staff Report Photo Gallery added Dec. 29. See Below. A native son of the parish laid prostrate before the St. Remy altar Dec. 27. Before the same altar where he received his First Holy Communion and was later confirmed, Andrew Cordonnier was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati …
Throwback Thursday: Computers were all the rage in 1983
Staff Report Throwback Thursday is here again and today we’re taking a look at a March 18, 1983 edition of The Catholic Telegraph. The full story, featured below as a photo, notes that St. Remy parish in Russia, Ohio had adopted the use of a computer into parish office life, …