Visit to Ukraine of H. B. Gregorios III Leading a delegation from the Melkite Greek Catholic Church On the occasion of the consecration of H. B. Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) New Major Archbishop of…
Ecumenical Hopes Mark Beginning of Archbishop Sviatoslav VATICAN CITY, MARCH 31, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Pope Benedict XVI is assuring his prayers for the new head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.…
ROME, MARCH 28, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org. Benedict XVI has officially affirmed communion with the new patriarch of the Maronite Church, who was installed in the office Friday. Bishop Bechara Boutros Rai, 77,…
Prot. 173/2011D Damascus, 23/3/2011 Greetings of H. B. Gregorios III Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem for the enthronement of the new Major…
Meeting about the impact on Arab countries of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops (22 March 2011) H.B. Patriarch Gregorios III’s invitation to a lunch…
KIEV, Ukraine, MARCH 25, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Benedict XVI granted ecclesial communion to Archbishop Sviatoslav Schevchuk, 40, as the ordinary of the Archeparchy of Kiev, Ukraine, and primate of the Ukrainian…
This is the address of Benedict XVI to bishops of the Syro-Malankara Church, who have just completed their five-yearly “ad limina” visit. Dear Brother Bishops, I welcome all of you here today…
VATICAN CITY, MAY 23, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Here is a translation of Benedict XVI’s address today to Gjorge Ivanov, president of Macedonia, whom he received in audience together with a Catholic-Orthodox…
NAZARETH, MARCH 22, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org On the feast of the Annunciation, just across from the Basilica of the Annunciation, an international, interreligious centre dedicated to Our Lady is set to…
BKERKE, Lebanon, MARCH 18, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Bishop Béchara Raï has been elected as the 77th patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites. He was elected Wednesday, receiving more than two-thirds of…