Russia cracks down on Catholic Church in occupied Ukraine

Russia cracks down on Catholic Church in occupied Ukraine Soldiers walk near a Christmas tree in front of St Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 6, amid the Russian invasion. Photo: OSV News/Thomas Peter, Reuters

Gina Christian Russian occupation authorities have banned the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and other Catholic ministries in occupied areas of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, according to the Church’s main communications office in Kyiv. The UGCC announced on its website December 7 that it had obtained a copy of an order signed by Yevgeny Balitsky, the Kremlin-installed…

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