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Why the Strange Arrest of Metropolitan Hilarion in Czechia Looks Like a Setup

The downfall of a powerful religious figure rarely happens in a vacuum, but the latest twist involving the Russian Orthodox Church feels like something pulled straight from a Cold War spy novel. On May 24, 2026, Czech police pulled over a vehicle leaving the...
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A Year with Pope Leo: Evangelical Impressions

A gentle yet tough pope? A pope all about peace and dialogue? It is still too early to settle on a definitive assessment of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy. One year after his election (8th May 2025), however, it is possible to discern some key...
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Bishop Ruch writes his diocese on the status of his trial

Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Upper Midwest,  You may have seen this update from...
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Bishop Ruch responds to news of his presentment for trial

Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Upper Midwest Diocese, On Monday, the ACNA Provincial Office announced...
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Bishop Stewart Ruch responds to notice of his ecclesiastical trial

Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Upper Midwest Diocese, Today the ACNA Provincial Office announced that...
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Bishop of the Upper Midwest reports on the sentencing of Mark Rivera

Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Upper Midwest Diocese, On Monday a judge sentenced Mark Rivera...
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Stewart Ruch writes to the diocese of the Upper Midwest

21 Oct 2022 Dear Upper Midwest Diocese,  Of the dozens of Scripture verses that have encouraged...
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Letter to the Diocese of the Upper Midwest from Bishop Ruch

July 8, 2021 Throughout my ministry I have sought to live in full submission to...
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Diocese of the Upper Midwest statement on abuse allegations

29 June 2021 Beloved Upper Midwest Diocese: I am writing to give you an update on...
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Bishop Ruch introduces ACNA pastoral statement on same sex attraction and identity

Twelve months ago, Archbishop Foley Beach asked me to chair a taskforce to develop...

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Why the Strange Arrest of Metropolitan Hilarion in Czechia Looks Like a Setup

The downfall of a powerful religious figure rarely happens in a vacuum, but the...
Op-Ed

A Year with Pope Leo: Evangelical Impressions

A gentle yet tough pope? A pope all about peace and dialogue? It is...
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Ndukuba: Nigeria is missing oil windfall while debt, China deals, and insecurity bite

Nigeria should be riding an oil boom. Instead, the Primate of All Nigeria told...
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Italian bishop to LGBTQ people: I speak not of “welcoming” but of “recognition and full integration.”

Editor’s note: On May 16, 2026 at the Parish of Santa Maria Stella in...