Ukraine

The flag of Ukraine is seen outside St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Riverhead, N.Y., in 2021. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

‘Prayer’ behind passage of U.S. aid to Ukraine bill, say Ukrainian Catholics

Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S. are breathing a sigh of relief and prayers of gratitude, after a bill for aid to Ukraine cleared the House of Representatives following months of delay, political infighting and even openly anti-Ukrainian sentiment among some ...
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‘We need to heal not ideas, but hearts,’ says prelate after Russian strike on civilians

The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has responded to a "devastating" strike by Russia on civilians in a northern Ukrainian city. At least 17 were killed and 61 wounded when three Russian missiles slammed into the center of ...
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Smoke and flames are seen near a high-voltage line at a site of a Russian airstrike, outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 22, 2024. Fifteen U.S.-based religious leaders, including Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio and Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak, have condemned Russia's March 21-22 attacks on Ukraine's energy grid as "war crimes." (OSV News photo/Sofiia Gatilova, Reuters)

US Christian leaders condemn Russian strikes on Ukraine energy grid

Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and other Christian leaders in the U.S. have denounced Russia's massive recent attack on Ukraine's energy system.
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Ukrainian Catholic faithful pray for peace in Ukraine at a March 7, 2024, service at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia. Following the service, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the worldwide Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, addressed those present and urged them to remain confident of Ukraine's victory over Russian aggression. (OSV News photo/Gina Christian)

Ukrainian major archbishop tells US Catholics: ‘Ukraine will prevail’

As Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine continues into its third year, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church reassured faithful in the U.S. that Ukraine's forces will oust Russia's occupying armies.
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Alona Onyshchuk, 39, visits her husband's grave with her daughter, Anhelina, 5, at the Alley of Heroes at a local cemetery in the village of Lozuvatka, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Jan. 22, 2024, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine. (OSV News photo/Alina Smutko, Reuters)

Seven U.S. cardinals pledge to help heal Ukraine’s wounds through new fund

With Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine entering its third year, seven U.S. cardinals have become patrons of a new effort to heal the suffering of Ukraine's people due to Russian aggression.
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A file photo shows the American flag below the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington. (OSV News photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Senate approves bill with uncertain future in House as Ukraine hangs in the balance

The Senate passed an approximately $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, following months of a stalemate amid growing divisions within the Republican Party.
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