UK sanctions Russian Orthodox head; decries forced adoption
Britain announced a new round of sanctions Thursday against Russia, targeting the head of the Russian Orthodox Church for his prominent support for the war in Ukraine.
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by bcadmin | Jun 16, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, News, Patriarch Kirill, sanctions, UK government, Ukraine Crisis, United Kingdom | 0 |
Britain announced a new round of sanctions Thursday against Russia, targeting the head of the Russian Orthodox Church for his prominent support for the war in Ukraine.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 20, 2022 | Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Biden Administration, Bishop Octavio Cisneros, Church in the US, Cuba, lead, News, Pope John Paul II, sanctions | 0 |
U.S. Bishops applaud the Biden administration easing sanctions on Cuba as an important first step for progress in the island nation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 5, 2022 | Business, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Ethical investments, News, Russia, sanctions, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
Businesses and shareholders in companies doing business with Russian counterparts are being encouraged to review possible connections to humanitarian and human rights violations being committed by Russia’s military forces in Ukraine.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 9, 2022 | Associated Press, Bosnia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Catholic-Orthodox Relations, Church in Europe, Civil war, ethnic violence, News, Orthodox Christians, Religious Minorities, sanctions, Serbia | 0 |
Amid Bosnia’s greatest political crisis since the end of its 1992-95 interethnic war, the country’s Serbs celebrated an outlawed holiday Sunday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 22, 2021 | Church in Middle East, Church in the Middle East, European union, lead, Middle East, News, sanctions, Syria, Syrian Civil War | 0 |
One of Syria’s top prelates for the Latin rite of the Catholic Church has called international sanctions against Syria criminal, saying they have little political impact but cause suffering for the poor.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 22, 2021 | Church in Middle East, Church in the Middle East, European union, lead, Middle East, News, sanctions, Syria, Syrian Civil War | 0 |
One of Syria’s top prelates for the Latin rite of the Catholic Church has called international sanctions against Syria criminal, saying they have little political impact but cause suffering for the poor.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Church in the Middle East, lead, News, sanctions, Syria, United States, Vatican | 0 |
A week after the Vatican called on the international community to lift the sanctions imposed against Syria, an official from the United States Department of State argued that they target the “regime and criminal behavior” of Bashar al-Assad and not the people.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 24, 2021 | Aleppo, Cardinal Mario Zenari, Caritas Internationalis, Church in the Middle East, lead, News, sanctions, Syria, Syrian Civil War | 0 |
Several Catholic leaders in Syria and the heads of major aid organizations have joined forces in condemning economic sanctions against the country, arguing that they have little political impact but make the people suffer.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 28, 2021 | Church in the Middle East, Fratelli Tutti, lead, News, sanctions, Syria | 0 |
In a message released on Thursday, the Melkite archbishop of war-torn Aleppo in Syria is calling on the international community to lift the sanctions imposed on the country, arguing that they do nothing but make life “a little bit more painful” every day.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 22, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, News, President Joe Biden, sanctions, Syria | 0 |
In a joint letter, a group of church leaders and international figures appealed to U.S. President Joe Biden to lift economic sanctions imposed on the Syrian people and “to help Syrians alleviate a humanitarian crisis that threatens to trigger a new wave of instability in the Middle East.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 8, 2020 | Caritas Internationalis, Catholic Church, Coronavirus, COVID-19, lead, Migrants, migrants and refugees, News, sanctions, Vatican | 0 |
As many countries around the world brace for the aftermath of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, concern among humanitarian agencies is rising for vulnerable populations most at risk of an economic fallout, particularly undocumented migrants.
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