A retrospective exhibition of Ian Knowles’ icons together with some aspects of his work in the Holy Land with the Bethlehem Icon School 2nd February 2nd – 4th March 2014 Lecture – 8th February,…
Just before Christmas, thanks to His Beatitude the Melkite Greek-Catholic Patriarch, Gregorios III Laham, in Damascus, we were able to post a List of the Churches and Church Institutions so far destroyed in Syria.…
By Samuel Tadros, Research Fellow at Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom This essay is an excerpt from the Hoover Press book Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity. The…
February 7, 2014, Vatican Radio: Pope Francis’ attitude of hospitality and humility towards Oriental Orthodox leaders has had a positive impact on the dialogue between Catholics and these ancient Orthodox Churches. That‘s according…
Ukrainian Latin Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk: ‘Let’s move further than Independence Square Maidan’
Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk (Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine) held a meeting with scholars and students at the Institute of Philosophy National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday, February 4. The main topic for…
While the UK’s Catholic press remains largely indifferent, and the UK press and media in general are unable to analyse what is going on – and the dangers for all Europe: Written by…
Mar Louis Raphael Sako meets Sheikh Rafi Taha Al-Rifai in Sulayamaniyya, Iraqi Kurdistan. A “courtesy” visit to strengthen friendly relations between religious leaders and communities. His Beatitude speaks of the plight of…
It is once again an honor to address the Eurasian Economic Summit, which is organized each year by the esteemed Marmara Group and is today considering the topic of “Culture and Ecological…
By Sonja Corbitt, http://www.catholic.org, Posted 2014-02-07 02:53 GMT NASHVILLE, TN — “Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” (Amos 5:24). Although it has fallen largely on deaf…
Patriarch Sviatoslav (right, Ukrainian Catholic leader) and Patriarch Filaret (left, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Kievan Patriarchate) together went to Canada and the USA to raise awareness in the West of the crisis for justice…