On August 20, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, passed a law banning all religious organizations in Ukraine subordinate to religious...
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Vatican — Pope Francis criticized Ukraine's recent ban on the activities of religious groups linked to the Russian Orthodox Church during the Angelus prayer on Sunday (August 25), and called for the freedom of worshippers to pray in their own churches. “Please, no Christian Church should be abolished directly or indirectly,” the Pope said in response to Kyiv’s move. The bill, approved by Ukraine's parliament earlier this week, creates legal tools for the government to ban the activities of any religious group deemed to have close ties to Russia or support its invasion of Ukraine. “Let those who want to pray, pray in the place they consider their church,” Pope Francis said. The pope also addressed the “beloved people of Nicaragua” whose government closed another 151 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) on Thursday, including the American Chamber of Commerce. This comes just days after the government closed some 1,500 NGOs, many of them religious. President Daniel Ortega has targeted NGOs since the 2018 uprising, accusing organizations that receive foreign funding of being involved in what he sees as an attempt to remove him from office. To date, his government has closed more than 5,000 NGOs. “Remember that the Holy Spirit always guides …
On August 20, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, passed a law banning all religious organizations in Ukraine subordinate to religious...
On August 20, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, passed a law banning all religious organizations in Ukraine subordinate to religious...
Ukraine's ban on church links with Moscow has provoked considerable controversy at home and abroad. Why is Kyiv carrying through with it? And what...
Ukraine's ban on church links with Moscow has provoked considerable controversy at home and abroad. Why is Kyiv carrying through with it? And what...
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GENEVA (Sputnik) - Ukraine's law that allows the banning of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church recognized as canonical by the Russian Orthodox Church...
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