Coptic Bishop Suriel From Ecumenical News International: Australian Christians from many denominations are set to rally with the country’s Coptic community against violence directed towards Christians in Egypt. A specially-organised liturgy and…
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His Beatitude arrived on the evening of 23 December at Cairo airport where he was welcomed by H.E. Mgr. Georges Bakar and Rev. Frs. Amer Tawil and Boulos Koureit. On 24 December,…
The Pope received the new Ambassador of Turkey to the Holy See, Kenan Gursoy, and impressed on him and his government the need for religious liberty and freedom of worship (including the…
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed several new members to various Vatican dicasteries, assigning positions mainly to the newest cardinals created in the recent consistory. Among these, he appointed Cardinal Kurt Koch, president…
Here follows the Christmas Message of Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow, thanks to Interfax: Beloved of the Lord archpastors, all-honourable presbyters and deacons, God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters! On…
Ecumenical News International reports from Epinay-sous-Senart, France, January 5th 2010: Inside a plain stone building that was once a Catholic convent in the center of town, a dozen black-robed seminarians struggle over…
Introduction to Liturgical Services and their Symbolism in the Eastern Church by Patriarch Gregorios III (Laham) This book, hitherto only available in Arabic, is a wonderful educational summary of many traditions of…
Metropolitan John of Pergamon and HH Pope Benedict XVI Our SSJC friends at Youngstown Ohio Chapter report: Following the modest but solid progress to the renewed Orthodox-Catholic dialogue at Ravenna in 2007,…
Nat da Polis of AsiaNews reports from Paphos, 27 October 2009: “The work of the first phase of meetings post Ravenna 2007, between Orthodox and Catholics for the unity of two churches…