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by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Conscientious objection, News, Russia, Russian bishop conference, Russian Catholic Church, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
Russia’s bishops said Catholics face dilemmas responding to a mass call-up for the war in Ukraine, and they urged President Vladimir Putin’s government to recognize conscientious objection.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 23, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Russia, Russian Catholic Church, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
A senior Russian priest dismissed President Vladimir Putin’s threats of nuclear war as “just words,” but said many young Catholics now fear being forcibly conscripted with their priests to join the war against Ukraine.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Russia, Russian bishop conference, Russian Catholic Church | 0 |
A Catholic priest was expelled from Russia without explanation, amid fears for the well-being of other clergy ministering in the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 18, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Russia, Russian bishop conference, Russian Catholic Church, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
Although Russia’s Catholics hold different views about the conflict in Ukraine, a spokesman for the country’s bishops said all are united in welcoming Pope Francis’ plan to consecrate their country to the Immaculate Heart of Mary March 25 in a service at the Vatican.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 10, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Russia, Russian Catholic Church, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
A Catholic professor said Russia’s clergy fear arrest if they question the war against Ukraine and warned the church now faced a “new era of silence.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 2, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Russia, Russian bishop conference, Russian Catholic Church, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
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 that citizens would face harsh economic consequences from the conflict.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 11, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Pope Francis, Russia, Russian bishop conference, Russian Catholic Church | 0 |
Catholics in Russia are called to be “an evangelical seed” that bears the fruit of communion and unity, especially with Orthodox Christians, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 11, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, President Vladimir Putin, Russia, Russian Catholic Church | 0 |
The secretary-general of the Russian bishops’ conference defended his church’s right to speak out during police repression, as the country’s Catholic archbishop demanded “substantial, concrete answers” to societal problems that are the subject of current massive protests.
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