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January 24, 2020

B.C. bishop headed for England eparchy

Canadian Archbishops Richard Smith of Edmonton, left, and Richard Gagnon of Winnipeg are pictured with Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome in 2017.

Bishop Ken Nowakowski, who has shepherded the Ukrainian Eparchy of New Westminster, B.C., since 2007, has been appointed bishop of the Eparchy of the Holy Family in London, England.

Published in Canada
September 19, 2019

Pope Francis: Canon law 'an essential dimension' to ecumenism

Pope Francis greets Astrid Kaptijn, a professor of canon law and president of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches, Sept. 19, 2019, during an audience in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY -- The search for Christian unity must involve all aspects of the churches' lives, including their different church laws, Pope Francis said.

Published in Faith
September 16, 2019

Pope Francis urges Eastern Catholic bishops to promote ecumenism

Pope Francis greets bishops from Eastern Catholic churches during a meeting at the Vatican Sept. 14, 2019. Meeting some 40 bishops serving in Europe, the pope praised them for their fidelity to Rome and encouraged them to be more active in seeking Christian unity.

VATICAN CITY -- Praising the fidelity of Eastern Catholics, Pope Francis also urged them to be more active in the search for Christian unity, especially unity with their Orthodox counterparts.

Published in Faith
September 29, 2016

Chance to show solidarity with Ukrainian brethren

Pope Francis greets Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, at the Vatican. Shevchuk is in Toronto in early October.

This week Toronto hosts the head of the largest of the Eastern Catholic Churches, Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). Within the UGCC, Shevchuk is referred to as the Patriarch of Kyiv, the common title for the head of an Eastern Catholic Church. Due to tensions with the Orthodox though, especially in Russia, the Holy See grants him the title of “major archbishop,” equivalent in all aspects to a patriarch.

Published in Fr. Raymond de Souza
September 15, 2016

Changing canon law, Pope brings Latin and Eastern practices closer

Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (centre), celebrating the Divine liturgy in 2015.

VATICAN CITY – In a change to church law, Latin-rite Catholic deacons may not preside at a wedding when one or both of the new spouses are members of an Eastern Catholic church.

Published in Vatican