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Kremlin calls Ukrainian ban on branch of Orthodox Church an attack on freedom of religion
But criminal proceedings, including treason charges, have been launched against dozens of its clerics angering the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church. Sign up here. Reporting by Reuters ...
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Zelensky signs law which threatens to ban Ukraine's largest church
It threatens to effectively shut down the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) - the largest faith-based organization in the country. The Ukrainian parliament introduced the legislation earlier this week; ...
kyivindependent26d
Zelensky signs law potentially banning Moscow-linked church
The bill was passed by the parliament four days earlier. The legislation could effectively prohibit the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), which is ...
Ukrinform26d
Zelensky signs law banning activities of Russian church
As reported by Ukrinform, in January 2023, the government registered in the Verkhovna Rada bill No.8371 on the prohibition of religious organizations in Ukraine, according to which the activities of ...
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Ukraine to ban Russian Orthodox Church, Zelenskyy signs law
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law banning the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and its affiliated organizations in ...
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs law banning Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) on Aug. 24, according to the Verkhovna Rada website. Draft law No. 8371, ...
Yahoo27d
Ukrainian leader Zelensky signs into law ban on Moscow-linked church
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a ban on the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), according to an entry in Ukraine's legislative database. The ban, which was ...
CNN27d
Ukraine’s president signs law banning Russia-linked religious groups
The bill’s main target is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) which has historically been linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, also known as the Moscow Patriarchate. Zelensky referenced the ...
Ukrinform27d
Stefanchuk signs law banning Russian church in Ukraine
Legislative initiative No. 8371 was adopted by 265 votes of MPs. Read also: Church in Ukraine will be free from Moscow's influence - Yermak In January 2023, the government registered in the Verkhovna ...
Crux28d
Abuse crisis in the Catholic Church shows no signs of abating
A mosaic by ex-Jesuit artist Father Marko Rupnik is seen on the main facade of the Church of Our Lady of the Canadian Martyrs, in Rome Friday, June 28, 2024. Several women have accused him of ...
The Economist28d
The creation, and collapse, of a progressive evangelical church
Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power and Justice in an American Church. By Eliza Griswold. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 352 pages; $30. Headline; £25 THEY CONGREGATED in an opioid-plagued ...