Metropolitan John of Pergamon and HH Pope Benedict XVI Our SSJC friends at Youngstown Ohio Chapter report: Following the modest but solid progress to the renewed Orthodox-Catholic dialogue at Ravenna in 2007,…
Nat da Polis of AsiaNews reports from Paphos, 27 October 2009: “The work of the first phase of meetings post Ravenna 2007, between Orthodox and Catholics for the unity of two churches…
From Moscow, December 16, Interfax The Moscow Patriarchate is grateful to Pope Benedict XVI for understanding problems between the two Churches and not pressing on with visiting Russia and meeting with the…
Our friends at SSJC Youngstown Ohio send us this reports: The Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission, meeting in Chambesy, Switzerland, closed its work on December 16 2009 with a thanksgiving. The Commission, whose task…
Archbishop Nikola Eterovic Preparations continue for next October’s special synod on the Middle East. The working document is nearing completion and emphasizes communion within the Church. The pre-synodal council met in late…
Last week on December 4th, Cardinal John Foley, the cardinal protector of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, delivered an address at a conference at the Norwegian School of Theology in…
Archibishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk Robert Moynihan, the seasoned “Inside the Vatican” journalist who authors the blog, The Moynihan Report, detects in the recent establishment of full diplomatic relations between Russia and the…
The Vatican Information Service reports, 4th December 2009: The Holy Father today received in audience His Beatitude Anastas, archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, who was accompanied by other representatives of…
Patriarch Gregorios sends his greetings to all for the coming Feast and for 2010. Read the Apostolic Letter here.
The Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, His Beatitude Gregory III sends greetings for the coming Feast to all the Church’s priests Here is the Apostolic Letter. And here is his Encyclical…