Ukraine

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’

March 11, 2024

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

February 28, 2024
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

February 14, 2024
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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At National Prayer Breakfast, Biden calls for Americans to ‘pray for peace’ amid conflict

February 5, 2024
At the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 1, President Joe Biden called for prayers for a peaceful resolution of conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, and he urged Americans to be united in the face of challenges.
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Smoke rises over a residential building after a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 29, 2023. (OSV News photo/Danylo Pavlov, Reuters)

Clergy renew calls to support Ukraine after Russian attack on civilians

January 2, 2024
Sorrow, anger and renewed calls to support Ukraine have been issued by Ukrainian Catholic and other Ukrainian clergy, following a massive Dec. 29 attack on that nation by Russia.
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Beware the Contagion of War

December 26, 2023
As atrocities continue on both sides of the conflict in the Holy Land, the striking Franciscan vision of a more peace-loving world is all the more needed.
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U.S. Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton, right, poses with Father Bohdan Prakh, former president of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, at a military cemetery in Lviv. While in Lviv, Bishop Monforton spoke with family members who have lost loved ones during the war. The bishop, former head of the Diocese of Steubenville, Ohio, traveled to the war-torn nation on a personal visit of solidarity Oct. 18-22, 2023. Bishop Monforton officially began his ministry as the newest auxiliary bishop of the Detroit Archdiocese Nov. 7. (OSV News photo/courtesy Ukrainian Orthodox Patriarchate via Detroit Catholic) Editors: best quality available.

Bishop Monforton visits war victims in Ukraine to show US church’s solidarity

November 9, 2023
As Detroit's newest auxiliary bishop prepared to move from his home in Steubenville, Ohio, back to his native Archdiocese of Detroit, he found himself thousands of miles from both places in mid-October: Ukraine.
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