Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Synod of Orthodox Coptic Bishops has approved new regulations for the election of a Patriarch. The rules are now being examined by the Presidency of the Arab…
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Ongoing violence and social and political crisis rocking the Middle East has prompted the religious communities in the region rethink forms of presence in order to meet the…
NB – the dialogue said to be opening is one in which the Moscow Patriarchate refers to those whose reconciliation it seeks to attract as “schismatics”. See the earlier post. by Marta…
Patriarch Kirill appeals for the reunion of the Orthodox Churches in Ukraine, insisting on the Moscow Patriarchate’s standing as the only recognised and canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine, referring to the other churches…
Tripoli (AFP) — A Libyan security official says the bodies of seven Coptic Christian Egyptians were found in the eastern city of Benghazi, killed with shots to the head while handcuffed. Col.…
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Introduction When it comes to news reports on Christians in Syria, the general focus is on the concerns Christian civilians have about their future, if any, in the…
An appeal for prayer has come from Ukraine’s most senior Catholic bishop as momentous political change sweeps the country. Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki, president of Ukraine’s Latin-rite Roman Catholic Bishops’ Conference, highlighted the…
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Coptic Orthodox Christian, Hala Shukrallah, elected head of the Constitution Party, is the first woman leader of a political party in Egypt. Hala Shukrallah succeeds Nobel Mohamed El…
By the CS Monitor’s Editorial Board / February 23, 2014 As the people of Ukraine now fix their democracy, they must remember how they forced a corrupt and violent regime to simply…
Also present was Metropolitan Kallisos of Diokleia