Parishioners step up with generous donations to diocesan second collections By Jim Wogan Through a special collection that could be classified as historic for the Diocese of Knoxville, Bishop Richard F. Stika and Father David Boettner, rector of the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have separately wired …
Bishop Stika, Cardinal Rigali meet with Ukraine archbishop
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church leader invites U.S. bishops to visit war-torn nation By Jim Wogan The leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has experienced the horrible impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine in grotesquely vivid ways. In early April, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk was called to pray before mutilated …
Diocese of Knoxville joins pope in consecrating Russia, Ukraine to Immaculate Heart of Mary
Bishop Stika leads special Mass, called for by the Holy Father, at the cathedral By Gabrielle Nolan Bishop Richard F. Stika heeded the call of Pope Francis to consecrate and entrust Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25. Bishop Stika offered the act during noon …
Ukrainian Catholics fleeing from Crimea
OXFORD, England (CNS) — Members of the Ukrainian Catholic Church are fleeing Crimea to escape threats of arrest and property seizures, a priest told Catholic News Service just four days after Russia finalized the region’s annexation. “The situation remains very serious, and we don’t know what will happen — the …
