On Thursday, May 15, 2025, Pope Leo XIV met with His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the Head and Father of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The meeting was held in the study of the Apostolic ...

Hieromonk Makariy (Markish), a cleric of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, has proposed the approval of a practice that involves blessing objects that are beneficial to ...

This was reported by Orthodox Times. “You are beginning your ministry as the head of the Roman Catholic Church at a particularly historic moment, marked by a series of cultural challenges as well as ...

"We really feel that Pope Leo XIV will be the Pope of peace for the long-suffering, war-torn Ukraine," said the Head of the UGCC, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, commenting on the election of the ...

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV will be a true witness for Ukraine, predicts Cardinal Mykola Bychok, Bishop of Melbourne of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. “We hope that the new pope will become ...

Metropolitan Epifaniy congratulated the Catholics of the Eastern and Latin rites on the election of the new Head of the Roman Catholic Church, Leo XIV. The Primate of the OCU wrote about this on his ...

During the first Sunday prayer with the faithful, Pope Leo XIV turned his thoughts to countries suffering from war, calling for no more war and for a true and just peace to come to Ukraine as soon as ...

Once upon a time, it was said that the idea of an American pope was unthinkable. In the beginning, it was for basically logistical reasons – steamships from the New World took so long to reach Rome ...

On the eve of the conclave, which begins today, May 7, the cardinals of the Catholic Church called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and other countries. This was reported by the UGGC Department ...

The Vatican has announced the date of the official enthronement of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope in history to be born in the United States. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to AP News.

On May 14-15, 2025, Rome will host the International Conference “Toward a Theology of Hope for and from Ukraine”, which will be held under the patronage of His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Head of the UGCC.

On May 7, a conclave will commence, during which 134 cardinals will elect a new Pope. The day before the conclave, the cardinals will engage in discussions about the responsibilities of the Church and ...