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September 21, 2022

Vancouver native named bishop of U.S. eparchy

Fr. François Beyrouti will become the new bishop of the Greek-Melkite Eparchy of Newton in the United States.

The appointment of a new bishop for an Eastern Catholic Church is attracting a lot of interest from Roman Catholics in the Archdiocese of Vancouver.

Published in Canada
May 8, 2018

The fight to bring Ukrainian internee cemetery back to life

Life at the Spirit Lake camp.

OTTAWA – The graves of at least a dozen Ukrainians who died while interned in a remote camp in Quebec during the First World War are slowly fading into the forest landscape.

Published in Canada
March 7, 2016

Pope pays homage to fidelity of Ukrainian Catholics, prays for peace

Ukrainian women hold peace placards near a military base in Ukraine's Crimea region in this March 4, 2014 file photo.

VATICAN CITY - Paying homage to the suffering and martyrdom of Ukrainian Catholics who refused to give up their fidelity to the pope despite harsh Soviet repression, Pope Francis also paid tribute to the Eastern Catholics' efforts today to alleviate the suffering of those impacted by the war in Eastern Ukraine.

Published in International
April 3, 2015

Preparing for Easter a time of joy for Eastern Catholics

Benedictine Father Michel Van Parys, abbot of the Byzantine-rite Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata, outside of Rome, said the “dimension of spiritual warfare” and the belief in Jesus’ words that “some demons can only be cast out by prayer and fasting” are fundamental to Great Lent.

VATICAN CITY - Joy is not a word people usually associate with strict fasting and penance — unless they are Eastern-rite Catholics.

Published in International
March 28, 2015

Immigrant bishop, builder, martyr: Telling the story of Blessed Budka

Blessed Nykyta Budka is pictured as a bishop in the backyard of his residence-chancery in Winnipeg circa 1920. Blessed Budka was the first Eastern Catholic bishop with jurisdiction in North America.

VATICAN CITY - More than a century after he first set foot in North America, the story of a little-known Canadian blessed and martyr of the Soviet regime is starting to come out of the shadows.

Published in Canada