Eastern Catholic bishops in the U.S. call for peace, justice, and solidarity with victims of war and persecution, urging prayer, advocacy, and hope in Christ.

This statement was issued by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30). It was written by Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in America, along with Bishop A. Elias Zaidan and Catholic Relief Services President and CEO Sean Callahan. The St. Mary of Egypt Social Justice Fellowship reads this through a distinctly Ukrainian Catholic experience—shaped by generations of environmental destruction under...

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection. And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body (Col. 3:12-15). In the best moments of American politics, people...