Crimea
Russian Orthodox Church appoints Putin’s spiritual adviser metropolitan of Crimea
By David I. Klein — October 16, 2023
(RNS) — In March, Metropolitan Tikhon was seen at Putin's side as the president made his first visit to Crimea since full-scale war broke out between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022.
Pope Francis decries ‘madness’ of war in Ukraine but doesn’t condemn Russia
By Claire Giangravé — February 9, 2022
(RNS) — A Greek-Catholic Ukrainian prelate, meanwhile, believes that a visit by the pope could promote peace far more than any public condemnation.
Ukrainian Greek Catholics wrap up synod and leave Rome with a mission
By Claire Giangravé — September 13, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The leaders of the world's largest Eastern Catholic church are poised to become the Vatican’s voice in Eastern Europe.
Eastern Orthodoxy risks split over independence for Ukraine’s church
By Tom Heneghan — October 31, 2018
(RNS) — The political significance of the decision was immediately clear. 'The (Russian) empire is losing one of the last levers of influence on its former colony,' Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.
Putin’s bogus Crimea-as-Temple-Mount analogy
By Mark Silk — December 4, 2014
But there's a good story to tell.
COMMENTARY: Spring is victory lane
By Tom Ehrich — March 18, 2014
(RNS) It would have been easy to join the chorus of helpless whining. And maybe I did join it from time to time. If so, I hope the impulse to complain will vanish with the crocus and the daffodil.
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