Category: Bishop Borys Gudziak

Ukrainian archbishop urges U.S. bishops to continue support for Ukraine

by bcadmin | Nov 17, 2022 | Bishop Borys Gudziak, Church in the US, lead, News, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, US bishops, USCCB, USCCB fall assembly | 0 |

The top-ranking Ukrainian Greek Catholic prelate in the United States on Nov. 16 invited U.S. bishops to travel to Ukraine where they’d “be inspired” by the resilience and faith of the people.

Ukrainian Catholic bishop urges West not to play by Putin’s rules

by bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | Bishop Borys Gudziak, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Church in the US, lead, News, President Joe Biden, President Vladimir Putin, Russia, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |

Ukraine’s top-ranking Catholic prelate in the United States is urging continued prayers for the nation, and warning world leaders not to “play the game according to [Russian President Vladimir Putin’s] rules.”

Ukraine marks half a year of resistance and independence, but worries loom

by bcadmin | Aug 25, 2022 | Bishop Borys Gudziak, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Europe, News, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |

As Ukraine approached the 31st anniversary of its independence Aug. 24, it did so while embroiled in a bitter fight for that freedom, as it hit the six-month mark of defending itself against a Russian invasion.

Ukrainian prelate says Pope shouldn’t cozy up to Kirill before visiting Ukraine

by bcadmin | Aug 25, 2022 | Bishop Borys Gudziak, Church in Europe, lead, News, Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Vladimir Putin | 0 |

Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak has voiced confidence that Pope Francis will in fact visit Ukraine but cautioned that if the pope meets with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Kazakhstan first, it could send the wrong message.

This week’s papal speculation risks fiddling while everyplace but Rome burns

by bcadmin | Aug 24, 2022 | Bishop Borys Gudziak, Consistory, lead, News, News Analysis, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Papal conclave, papal resignation, Ukraine | 0 |

As much as papal politics may fascinate pundits and church affairs junkies, there’s a broad swath of the global Catholic population for whom they’re likely to seem irrelevant at best, and maybe even willfully oblivious to reality.

Archbishop sees ‘genocidal intent’ in Putin, says Ukrainians will die before surrender

by bcadmin | Aug 24, 2022 | Bishop Borys Gudziak, Church in Europe, lead, News, Patriarch Kirill, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Vladimir Putin | 0 |

Ukraine’s top-ranking Catholic prelate in the United States has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of genocide and has said Ukrainians will not back down from Russia’s “imperialist” agenda, but are willing to die to protect their freedom.

U.S. archbishop, Ukrainian Catholics hail EU candidate status for Ukraine

by bcadmin | Jun 29, 2022 | Bishop Borys Gudziak, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, European union, News, Ukraine, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 0 |

Ukrainian Catholics in Philadelphia and throughout the nation are “(welcoming) the European Union’s courageous step to extend Ukraine candidate status,” said Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the U.S.

‘Naked evil’ of atrocities in Ukraine seen as only ‘tip of the iceberg’

by bcadmin | Apr 13, 2022 | Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Bishop Borys Gudziak, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, war crimes | 0 |

Atrocities against civilians amid the latest Russian invasion of Ukraine have sparked global outrage — but even worse are revelations pending, warn local Ukrainian Catholic clergy and faithful.

Ukrainian archbishop: Minority faiths at risk if Russia wins

by bcadmin | Apr 1, 2022 | Associated Press, Bishop Borys Gudziak, Church in Europe, lead, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 0 |

The top-ranking Ukrainian Catholic cleric in the United States warned Thursday that religious minorities in the Eastern European country stand to be “crushed” if Moscow gains control, as fighting raged on more than a month after the Russian invasion began.

Does Greek Catholic Church help explain Putin’s obsession with Ukraine?

by bcadmin | Mar 27, 2022 | Bishop Borys Gudziak, Greek Catholic Church, lead, News, News Analysis, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin | 0 |

There simply isn’t anyplace else in the former Mongol Empire with a Catholic church this large, this vibrant and relevant, and, from Moscow’s point of view, this threatening.

Archbishop claims Pope is being prevented from speaking to Putin

by bcadmin | Mar 16, 2022 | Bishop Borys Gudziak, Church in Europe, lead, News, President Vladimir Putin, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 0 |

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow has thwarted efforts by Pope Francis to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian Archbishop Borys Gudziak revealed on March 15.

‘Defend these innocent civilians,’ says Ukrainian Catholic archbishop

by bcadmin | Mar 15, 2022 | Bishop Borys Gudziak, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 0 |

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Russian President Vladimir Putin did not invade Ukraine out of concern that NATO would encroach on his borders, but concern about “the disease of democracy that could spread like a virus, and that’s deadly for oligarchies and authoritarian rulers,” said the archbishop who serves as a “foreign […]