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All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Reigious Organizations vainly seeks meeting with President


Assessing the church-state relations since Viktor Yanukovych took power, Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate Bishop Yevstratii (Zoria) noted that despite all the negative tendencies of "the expectations of Patriarch Kirill and some hotheads from MP [Moscow Patriarchate] that the authorities embodied in Viktor Yanikovych will by all means help destroy the structure of the Kyivan Patriarchate have not proved true at all."

His Beatitude Lubomyr thanks entrepreneurs for their activity and courage


On December 2, 2010, administrators of the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School (kmbs) met with His Beatitude Lubomyr, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The topic of the meeting was "Business and Spiritual Values."

Lviv City mayor protested Kharkiv City mayor


Lviv City mayor Andriy Sadovyy turned a protest to Kharkiv City mayor Hennadiy Kernes "because of brutal and public destruction of the memorial board to UGCC Patriarch Josip Slipyy".

Lviv City Council now has its own chaplain


Lviv city mayor Andriy Sadovyy asked the head of Lviv Archeparchy of UGCC, bishop Ihor Voznyak, to appoint a chaplain for Lviv City Council. The city mayor announced this at the first working session of Lviv City Council of the 6th convocation on November 25.

U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor on religious freedom in Ukraine


The American Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor published its annual International Religious Freedom Report. The report analyzes religious demography, policy framework and legislation, restrictions of religious freedom, and societal respect for religious freedom.

Public Committee urges teachers to hold Holodomor memory lessons in face of official sabotage


The Public Committee on Honoring the Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor Genocide of 1932-1933 has appealed to Ukrainian school teachers to continue the tradition of holding Holodomor memory lessons on Novеmber 22-26 ahead of the national Holodomor remembrance day on November 27.

Conference on religious freedom starts in Kyiv


Today the 15th International Religious Studies Conference started in Kyiv. As always, it is devoted to issues of religious freedom and this year focus is on religious freedom and democracy: old and new challenges. The organizer is the Department of Religious Studies at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine together with some Ukrainian and international partners.

All political prisoners to be released 'soon,' Cuban cardinal announces


Washington D.C., Aug 4, 2010 / 10:19 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Jaime Ortega y Alamino, Archbishop of Havana, Cuba, announced at the Knights of Columbus' annual States Dinner that thanks to the mediation of the Catholic Conference of Cuban Bishops, fifty-two prisoners of conscience will be released within three to four months.

Venezuelan cardinal praised for civility before National Assembly


Caracas, Venezuela, Aug 2, 2010 / 05:55 pm (CNA).- After Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez called Cardinal Jorge Urosa of Caracas a "neanderthal" and said that the Pope is not the ambassador of Christ on earth, Cardinal Urosa spoke before the country's National Assembly in a civil and measured way, confounding some lawmakers who predicted he would use aggressive and arrogant language.

Holy See and Russia establish full diplomatic ties


Vatican City, Jul 28, 2010 / 11:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Just under two weeks ago Russian officials accepted the credentials of Archbishop Antonio Mennini as the first papal nuncio to their country. The event ushers in a new era of full diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Russian Federation.

Venezuelan Cardinal Denounces Marxist Socialism


ROME, JULY 9, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela, is denouncing the government's attempts to install a Marxist Socialist regime through "unconstitutional" and "illegal" methods violating the rights and will of the people.

Church in Cuba Names Prisoners to Be Released


HAVANA, Cuba, JULY 9, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Church in Cuba published the names of five political prisoners who will be released, and the identities of six others who will be moved to their home provinces.

Cardinal Ortega and Hope for Future after Announced Release of Political Prisoners


(08 Jul 10 - RV) The Catholic Church in Cuba has announced the release of 52 political prisoners.

After talks with Catholic Church, Cuba to free 52 political prisoners


Havana, Cuba, Jul 7, 2010 / 05:21 pm (CNA).- Following unprecedented dialogue between Cuban officials and the country's Catholic leaders, political authorities in Cuba announced today that they will release 52 political prisoners.

Christian Liberation Movement calls for release of all political prisoners in Cuba


Havana, Cuba, Jul 7, 2010 / 06:12 pm (CNA).- In a brief statement released on July 6, the Christian Liberation Movement in Cuba, led by Oswaldo Paya, called for the release of all political prisoners in the country and expressed hope that the talks between the Church and the State would achieve this goal.

Head of Security Service of Ukraine apologized to rector of Ukrainian Catholic University


KYIV-LVIV - The deputy head of the Presidential Administration, Hanna Herman, reported that after the incident when an agent of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) visited the rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, the head of the SBU Valerii Khoroshkovskyi visited the university and apologized to Fr. Borys Gudziak. "There is no infallible authority. But bad is the authority which cannot admit and correct its mistakes," wrote Hanna Herman in a blog on the Ukrainian Truth website, in response to the senior analyst of David Kramer of the Marshall Fund in Washington, a former assistant of the US state secretary, who follows democracy in Ukraine.

Holy See to UN: Gender Equality Isn't Sameness


NEW YORK, JULY 2, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Holy See is emphasizing the need to promote equality of men and women, while clarifying that this is not to say that both genders should be the same.

Pope Receives New Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See


(02 July 10 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI today received Letters of Credence from Iraq's new Ambassador to the Holy See, Habbeb Mohammed Radi Ali Al-Sadr.

Vatican Official Meets With Cuban President Castro


HAVANA, Cuba, JUNE 21, 2010 (Zenit.org).- A top official from the Vatican Secretariat of State ended his six-day visit to Cuba Sunday in a meeting with President Raúl Castro.

Heads of Churches Against Liquidation of National Expert Committee on the Protection ofublic Morality


KYIV - In an Open Address the heads of the Christian Churches of Ukraine expressed to the Ukrainian public the need to protect high moral principles and family values.

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