Letter for Great Lent from Patriarch Gregorios of Antioch

Letter of H. B. Patriarch Gregorios III of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem for Great and Holy Lent 2012 “Enter into your room and …shut your door.”…

Homily to conclude the Week of Prayer: Pope Benedict

Thanks to Zenit.org, here is a translation of the homily Benedict XVI gave on Wednesday 25th January 2012 at Vespers on the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. The celebration closed…

The Eastern Catholic Church in Contemporary Europe: Conference

Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College – 18-19 January 2012   18 January from 10 am in the the Marie Eugenie Room Introduction Anthony O’Mahony and Lucian Leustean The Slovak Greek Church Simon Marincak…

An Arab Christian in the Universal Church

The Maronite Church traces its founding to St. John Maroun. It is the only Eastern Catholic Church that has never been separate from Rome. Instead of Latin, the language of the liturgy…

St Peter’s Piazza Christmas Tree donated from Ukraine

VATICAN CITY, DEC. 19, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org The Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square, a practice started by John Paul II and now a firm tradition, was lit last Friday evening.…