On the Way of the Cross, in Ukraine and Hong Kong - First Things
- Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and Jimmy Lai are recognized as contemporary Catholic martyr-confessors who illustrate the struggle for faith and justice.
- Major Archbishop Shevchuk faced challenges during his visit to Washington, calling on his community to confront evil with truth.
- Jimmy Lai maintains his stand for human rights despite being unjustly imprisoned for over a thousand days and facing an ongoing trial that could extend into 2026.
- Both Shevchuk and Lai exemplify Christian hope, reminding followers of the enduring truth and purposes of God amid suffering.
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On the Way of the Cross, in Ukraine and Hong Kong - First Things
Last Christmas, I borrowed a thought from the English spiritual writer Caryll Houselander and suggested in this space that the wood of the manger anticipates the wood of the Cross: that Christmas points to Easter, but only by traversing the Via Crucis to Calvary. And I mentioned two contemporary Catholic martyr-confessors—Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and Jimmy Lai, Catholicism’s premier …
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