The following report from Catholic Culture indicates the Patriarchate of Moscow making its point that the Patriarch of Constantinople is not an Orthodox “opposite number” to the Bishop of Rome, but only the…
We offer warmest congratulations to our President on his appointment by Pope Francis to serve on the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, following his earlier appointment to the Sacred Congregation for…
Vatican City, 22 May 2014 (VIS) – The Pontifical Musical Choir of the Sistine Chapel, known as “the Pope’s choir”, will sing in Moscow on 25, 26 and 27 May. The initiative…
Pope Francis and Bartolomew I together in the Vatican (photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate/ Nikolaos Manginas) 21 May 2014 (Milan/g.s.-k.c.) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is the one who has proposed a repetition of the…
NB The Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris is headed not by a prelate in Armenia itself but by patriarch corresponding to the Armenian Apostolic Catholicos based in Lebanon, of the Holy House…
London, May 21, 2014 (Zenit.org) The Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, has written a large check to a UK-based initiative dedicated to caring for Christians in the Holy Land, days ahead…
Archbishop Stephen of Ohrid (a see which historically was the patriarchate of the Bulgarian Empire, with which the See of Rome maintained semi-communion for the sake of the pastoral care of Byzantines in Southern…
Tuesday May 20, 2014 New York On May 13, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), hosted an ecumenical gathering at the Diocesan Center in…
Rome, May 20, 2014 (Zenit.org) A Ukrainian Orthodox priest has been killed in the eastern part of Ukraine, another casualty in the country’s ongoing crisis. According to a report by the Religious…
A compelling call from our friend, Fr James Siemens, for Roman Catholics to understand the churches of the East in their midst – Orthodox and Eastern Catholic alike: The Ancient Christian Tapestry:…