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Moscow Restores Two Kremlin Wall Icons Hidden by the Soviets

The Icon of the Smolenksy Saviour – Spas Smolensky on the Spasskaya Tower  Thanks to Zenit – Two icons covered in plaster on towers of the Moscow Kremlin are being restored. It is…

Blessed Mother Teresa Cathedral, Pristina

In honour of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, a cathedral has been dedicated in the capital of Kosovo on September 5th 2010, the anniversary of her death. Mother Teresa was an ethnic Albanian.…

Cardinal Sandri: The Importance of the Melkite Church

CORDOBA, Argentina, SEPT. 2, 2010, thanks to Zenit.org Cardinal Leonardo Sandri is calling for a rediscovery of the contributions offered by the Melkite Church, particularly leading up to the October synod of…

Fr Taft calls on Catholic and Orthodox Churches to Restore Communion

The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches should own up to their past misdeeds and work to restore communion, according to a Jesuit liturgical expert. Robert F. Taft  S.J., a former professor of…

Russian Roman Catholics and Orthodox

Papal trip to Moscow and the number of parishes in the capital. Moscow (thanks to AsiaNews) – June 9, 2010     “The Catholic community in Russia is a minority and must…

Christian Unity: In the Shoes of the Fisherman

Cobbler Gives Same Shoes to Pontiff, Patriarch CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, AUG. 25, 2010 (Zenit.org).- It’s a known fact that a good pair of shoes can help lessen the aches and pains of…

Iraq to the Holy See: We Need our Christians

Habbeb Mohammed Hadi Ali Al-Sadr, the Ambassador of Iraq to the Holy See has asked Pope Benedict XVI “to encourage Christians to return to their country with a willing spirit for its…