By Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service [NAIROBI, Kenya – CNS] — As Catholic officials in Tigray continue to call for meaningful peace talks and an end to atrocities and the humanitarian aid blockade, an international…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – After praying the Panachyda — traditional Byzantine prayers for the dead in time of war — Katia Metersky left Toronto’s St. Nicholas Ukrainian…
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – The flood of support from people inside and outside Ukraine is a source of strength and hope for the people receiving aid and for…
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service [Rome – CNS] – Prayer, charity and fasting have a medicinal power to purify oneself, help others and change history, Pope Francis wrote in a homily read on Ash…
By Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service [Warsaw, Poland – CNS] – Catholics in Russia have been left “grieving, angered and bewildered” by their country’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the church’s spokesman, who also warned…
By Fr. Ken Forster, OMI, Associate Pastor, St. Philip Neri Parish Why is “Development and Peace” so important and integral to the life of every parish? It is an essential ministry of every Catholic community…
Download PDF – LINK By Archbishop Lawrence Huculak, Bishop David Motiuk, and Bishop Bryan Bayda On behalf of the faithful, consecrated religious and clergy of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada we wish to express…
News release from Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) [Ottawa] – Since Feb. 24, the phone lines at the Canadian office of Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) have been jammed and emails backlogged due…
By Catholic News Service staff [Vatican City – CNS] – Pope Francis said his heart was “broken” by the war in Ukraine, and he pleaded again, “Silence the weapons!” “Many times, we prayed that this…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – Christians have a right to remain in Iraq and the obligation to contribute to the country’s growth and recovery, which will require collaboration among…