Bishop Peter’s Articles

There is one thing about 9/11 that sticks in my mind even till today. The picture of firemen rushing into the World Trade Centre, to their certain death, while everyone was running as fast as they could away from the ...

Catholicism is not found in a uniform worship or liturgical practice. The Catholic Church has never, ever since its earliest days 2000 years ago, been uniform in its liturgical prayers, traditions or practice. The uniformity or unity of the church ...

In October of 2018, the Catholic Church held a Youth Synod in Rome. The Pope, many cardinals, bishops, youth and others attended. In February 2019, the Holy Father issued a final document on the Synod. In 2017, the Australian Catholic ...

St. Olga is the grandmother of St. Volodymyr, the baptiser of Ukraine. She was born around 890; some sources suggest that she was born around Lviv. She died on 11th of July 969 in Kyiv. She ruled Ukraine for 18 ...

On Thursday, 12th of December 2018, our Patriarch Sviatoslav issued a document called “God’s Word and Catechesis”. It is in fact a pastoral letter of our Synod which was written during the Synod of 2018 in Lviv, Ukraine. This document ...

Ever since I was a youngster, I have heard the people argue the most about religion and politics. It seems to be true but then at the same time it first does not sound right. Both our faith and our ...

Christ is Risen! “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations!” (Matt 28:19) Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Following Jesus’ passion and death upon the cross, his most pure body was placed with much reverence and love in a ...

Do you know how to raise your children? Of course you do. If you look around the community, you would probably agree that you raise your children more or less the same as everybody else does. But researchers, psychologists, community ...

We all know the story of the prodigal son, (Luke 15:11-24) from the famous bible story. It’s actually a parable which Jesus himself told. As always Jesus’ stories always have a basis in reality, even in modern day reality, – ...

We all know that violence is never the solution for our troubled world. There certainly are lots of problems around but starting wars in not the answer. Violence and wars lead to forced migrations, tremendous suffering, a waste of resources, ...

I do not talk much about the devil. Perhaps its because I think that people do not want to hear about it, – writes Bishop Peter in The Church and Life. Some think that the devil does not exist. Others ...