Fr Taft calls on Catholic and Orthodox Churches to Restore Communion

The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches should own up to their past misdeeds and work to restore communion, according to a Jesuit liturgical expert. Robert F. Taft  S.J., a former professor of…

Russian Roman Catholics and Orthodox

Papal trip to Moscow and the number of parishes in the capital. Moscow (thanks to AsiaNews) – June 9, 2010     “The Catholic community in Russia is a minority and must…

Iraq to the Holy See: We Need our Christians

Habbeb Mohammed Hadi Ali Al-Sadr, the Ambassador of Iraq to the Holy See has asked Pope Benedict XVI “to encourage Christians to return to their country with a willing spirit for its…

Two Syrian Orthodox Churches reopen in Turkey after 30 years

Hundreds of Syrians from all over the world attended the inaugural Liturgies yesterday of the 4th century Mor Eşayo and the 6th century Mor Kuryakuş churches, reopened after 30 years, having been…

Bishop Andreas Abouna – Eternal Memory

Bishop Andreas Abouna of Baghdad has died in Erbil, aged 67 having suffered from kidney failure. The bishop, who had served as priest in charge of Chaldean Catholics in Ealing, west London,…

Russian Federation and Holy See: Full Diplomatic Relations

Archbishop Antonio Mennini, up until now the Pope’s representative to the Russian Federation, has now been appointed the Holy See’s first apostolic nuncio to the country. The archbishop presented his letters of…