Catholic charity commits $1 million to aid Ukraine’s 6,229 religious - CathNews New Zealand

Catholic charity commits $1 million to aid Ukraine’s 6,229 religious

Monday, February 28th, 2022

Latest News

A Catholic aid organisation is sending emergency support to the faithful in Ukraine as Russia invades the country.

“The situation is getting worse every day. We live now from hour to hour” said Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv, in a Thursday press release. He leads one of the dioceses that Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will support.

On Thursday, ACN committed one million euros (equal to $1.1 million USD) to support the work of the Church in Ukraine. Its support comes after Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine with the firing of airstrikes and missiles.

According to ACN, its support will aid the 4,879 priests and religious brothers and 1,350 religious sisters in Ukraine. The group will also provide aid to the four Greek-Catholic exarchates and the two Latin dioceses in Eastern Ukraine.

Related Posts:

Additional reading

News category: News Shorts, World.

Tags: Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk, Catholic aid, Ukraine and Russia

Analysis and Comment
- We don’t need women deacons
  
  Women deacons are in effect working well in the Church, except we do not call them deacons, and they are not ordained. This is the view of Dr Joe Grayland, theologian, author and parish priest of three parishes in Palmerston Read more
- Married priests, women priests and laity send Terry and me to Hell
  
  This is not an easy article to write, but it has been with me for a long time. It comes to the surface when I’m told that priests feel threatened by the ordination of women. – Originally reported 22 May, Read more
- Love George Pell or loathe him, we should all be grateful that justice has been delivered
  
  Some Australians, including many victims of child sexual abuse, revile George Pell. Others hold him in high esteem. Neither of these groups will have their minds changed about Cardinal Pell, regardless of what any court might determine. The majority of Read more
- Editorial Comment: “See how they love one another”
  
  The editors at CathNews New Zealand and Pacific have been saddened by some aggressive and even offensive comments that have been submitted to our website. Not all of them have been approved for publication. – Originally reported 29 May 2015. Read more

NZCBC CathNews

First Name:

Last Name:

Email:

We respect your email privacy

Powered by AWeber Email Marketing