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War in Ukraine

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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‘Lily of the Mohawks’

March 25, 2023
As an Algonquin–Mohawk born in New York State, Kateri, known as the “Lily of the Mohawks,” would have lived in accordance with the rhythms of the seasons.
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A Safe Place for Ukrainian Schoolchildren 

March 25, 2023
Many Ukrainian students and their families have fled war and trauma. St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Chicago greets these newcomers with open arms and hearts. 
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