Catholic News

• Russian invasion aims for 'elimination of the Ukrainian Catholic Church,' archbishop warns (America)
  Archbishop Borys Gudziak, the Ukrainian Catholic archbishop of Philadelphia, told the Jesuit journal America that the “Russian invasion is the elimination of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. That happened in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, and it’s happening now.” “Our Catholic communion means the world to us, and the Holy Father is a representative of […]
• European court rules that Greek Orthodox prelate's comments about homosexuals are not protected free expression (Religion Clause)
  In the case Lenis v. Greece, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that a Greek Orthodox bishop’s comments on homosexuals are not protected by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees freedom of expression. Metropolitan Amvrosios (Ambrose) Lenis of Kalavryta, who once served as chief secretary of the Holy Synod […]
• Cardinal Sako appeals for Vatican support as he seeks to regain formal recognition in Iraq (Our Sunday Visitor)
  Two months after Iraq’s president revoked his recognition of Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako as Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, the prelate expressed disappointment that the Vatican has not done more to support him. “I want the Vatican also to take a strong position,” Cardinal Sako said. “Honestly, I’m very sad and disappointed about […]
• Kidnapped Nigerian priest regains freedom (Punch (Nigeria))
  Father Marcellinus Okide, who was kidnapped on September 17 as he returned to his parish in Enugu State, has been released, according to local media reports.