Matthew Trojacek

News from the East: UN says banning UOC problematic; British spies foiled plots to kill Pope; Patriarch laments “catastrophic” toll in Gaza; new Syrian leader meets with Christian clergy

By Matthew Trojacek Forcibly mobilized Ukrainian priest released after a week A priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was released after being forcibly drafted for Ukraine’s army. On December 21, on his way home from visiting his wife in the hospital where she had just given birth to their second child, Father Evgeny Rozhdestvensky was taken [...]

People March 2024

By Matthew Trojacek with G. Galazka photos Cardinal Becciu speaks of ‘drawing up a balance sheet’ of one’s life before God in Homily After being convicted on several counts of embezzlement of Vatican funds, Cardinal Angelo Becciu gave a New Year’s Eve homily recommending the congregation draw up “a balance sheet” of one’s personal life before [...]