Istanbul (AsiaNews ) – The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has convoked the patriarchs and archbishops of all the Orthodox Churches to a meeting in Istanbul, next March, for an exchange of views on…
George Weigel writes: The Ukrainian popular uprising of late 2013 was not motivated by an unquenchable thirst for MTV and other expressions of western decadence. It was motivated by a deep yearning…
Reconciliation in the Incarnation Reconciliation is nothing new in Christianity, and its importance has become more evident both in the lives of individuals and, on a larger scale, in that of communities.…
A congregation of Ukrainian Orthodox worshippers at Hallmuir, near Lockerbie, will be celebrating Christmas on 7 January in keeping with the Julian calendar. The chapel is no ordinary place of worship, having…
Vatican City ( AsiaNews ) – Pope Francis will be in the Holy Land May 24 to 26 , to commemorate the “historic meeting” between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras .…
Two-thirds of a historic collection of 80,000 books have gone up in smoke after a library was torched in the Lebanese city of Tripoli amid sectarian tensions. The blaze was started after…
Beirut (AsiaNews) – The abduction of twelve nuns from their convent in Maaloula (Syria) is a sign that “Arab civilisation is in crisis,” said on Monday Bishop Boulos Matar, the Maronite Archbishop…
The Maspero Youth Union has blamed the death of Coptic youth Ihab Ghattas on security forces and the Ministry of Health for falling short of their responsibilities. Ghattas, 23, was shot on…
A prominent judge in Egypt has called on the government to ensure the equitable treatment of Copts in the country. Judge Amir Ramzi has insisted Egyptian government needs to criminalize discrimination, as…
Longtemps j’ai baissé les yeux face à l’évolution de l’Eglise russe. J’identifiais le patriarcat de Moscou avec l’Eglise. Comme un enfant devant la nudité de son père, terriblement gêné par son indignité,…