Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian question —
Metropolitan Emmanuel (Ecumenical Patriarchate), “through dialogue faith becomes an agent of peace”
di M. Chiara BiagioniIn an interview with SIR Metropolitan Emmanuel Admakis of France spoke about the meeting between the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew…
Pilgrimage —
Ukraine: Card. Bassetti, “today it is the Church who needs to take on special responsibility for the family, threatened by divisive and ephemeral lifestyles”
“Gesture of friendship” —
Latvia: Caritas, knitting contest for the Pope’s visit. A gift for the Pontiff and solidarity with the Ukrainian people
Liturgy —
Easter in Eastern Europe: the Orthodox celebration from Greece to Russia. Thousands-year-long rites and popular traditions
di Iva Mihailova, from SofiaEastern European countries celebrate Orthodox Easter, which this year fell on April 8, a week after Catholic Easter. Although sharing…
6 April 2014 —
War in Donbass: 4 years later. Mgr. Gugerotti (nuncio), “the greatest tragedy is general oblivion. Silence can kill”
4 years later —
Donbas war: Msgr. Gugerotti (nuncio), everyone forgot about it except for Pope Francis
di M. Chiara BiagioniApril 6 2014: armed protesters seized government buildings in the Donetsk, Lugansk and Kharkiv regions. It marked the outbreak of…
Pope Francis to visit the Minor Basilica of St Sophia in Rome —
His Beatitude Shevchuk, “a consolation” that “touches the hearts of all Ukrainians”
di M. Chiara BiagioniOn Sunday January 28 Pope Francis will be visiting the Minor Basilica of St. Sophia in Rome (via di Boccea,…
“(Re)thinking Europe" —
Sviatoslav Shevchuk (Ukraine): “Europe be united! Be yourself! Be Christian!”
di M. Chiara Biagioni“If Europe forgets its Christian roots it will have no more reason to affirm the dignity of the human person,…
Eastern Catholic Churches: Shevchuk (Ukraine), “true ecumenism requires the courage to forgive and ask for forgiveness”
Oriental Churches —
Ukraine: card. Sandri to the Greek Catholic Church, “I bring you Pope Francis’s sympathy”. Mgr. Shevchuk, “international community speechless before the tragedy of our people”
Solidarity —
