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…
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Jan 28, 2011 FIRST THINGS As you may be aware, several Christian churches in Kirkuk, Mosul, Basra, and Baghdad, as well as throughout the rest of Iraq, cancelled their festivities this past…
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.…
“The Church is Young” — Pope Benedict XVI (2005) The announcement that the Synod of Ukrainian Hierarchs had elected their youngest member, 40-year old Bishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, as Major-Archbishop (Patriarch) hit world…
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…