The Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Moscow Patriarchate: Split or Maneuver?
Is the part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church that remained in communion with Moscow really breaking with Kirill—or just pretending to?
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
Is the part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church that remained in communion with Moscow really breaking with Kirill—or just pretending to?
While the Jehovah’s Witnesses never comment on politics, scholars notice similarities between their “liquidation” and the current attempt to liquidate the Ukrainian identity.
Only a small percentage of Russians go to church. Many who don’t may still be influenced by the Patriarch’s tirades.
“If” the Pope goes to Kiev, he may put together, and perhaps bring some order, to what some see as contradictory statements on the war.
Attacks against temples and murders of devotees are not the products of local mobs only. Some political forces believe they can benefit from them.
Finally last Sunday the Pope used the word “aggression,” but still without naming Russia. For some it is too little too late. Why is he so cautious?
Kirill’s “terrible sermon” of March 6, where he justified the invasion as preventing “Gay Prides,” comes from a dangerous apocalyptic theology.
The number of 300,000+ mentioned in a 2021 report, now seems uncertain and is hotly debated. But the problems for the Catholic Church remains huge.
On January 27, the County Governor denied to the Witnesses state subsidies they have received for thirty years, creating a danger for all religions.
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