The Kyiv City Council has observed a minute of silence in tribute to the memory of ex-head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar.
Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has called on the Ecumenical Patriarch to declare autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church; a respective letter from the parliament has been delivered to Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
Ukrainian lawmakers have approved an appeal to the worldwide head of the Orthodox Church asking him to recognize the Ukrainian Orthodox Church's independence from Moscow, Radio Liberty reports.
Pope Francis launched a new appeal for Ukraine, just two weeks after his Divine Mercy Sunday call to all Catholics to offer solidarity to the long-suffering millions who have been enduring war for the last two years.