The Ukrainian Catholic bishops of the U.S. are calling attention to the profound psychological consequences of Russia's war on Ukraine, urging the faithful to "be the conduits that direct God's healing touch to our suffering brothers and sisters."
JAMAICA PLAIN While observing the feast of the Annunciation, but with an eye toward the coming Easter, leaders and representatives of the Roman Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, and Ukrainian Orthodox communities united to lead a prayer service for peace in Ukraine.
In a Divine Liturgy, Bishop Francois Elias Beyrouti was installed on Oct. 19 in the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Roslindale as the sixth eparch of the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Newton. The newly appointed bishop had been ordained to the episcopacy on Oct. 12 in the eparchy's co-cathedral of St. Ann in Los Angeles.
CHICAGO (RNS) In cities with some of the largest Ukrainian populations in the United States, worshippers prayed for peace and an end to war Sunday (Feb. 27) as Russia threatened its western neighbor for the fourth straight day.