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The Greek Deacon of the Papal Rite of Mass

Father Athanasius McVay, our Rome correspondent and a priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has recently published an essay on the Eastern rite deacon at the Papal rite of Mass in…

St Augustine in Eastern and Western Tradition

The Vatican Information Service reports, 4th September 2009: Made public yesterday afternoon was a Message from Benedict XVI to Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and…

Heavenly Birth of Archimandrite Symeon of Tolleshunt Knights

Archimandrite Symeon on his Golden Jubilee in Monastic Life Archimandrite Symeon died in the very early hours of Friday 21 August at the monastery of St John the Baptist where he lived…

St Odo: Change of Lifestyle Based on Humility and Austerity

The Vatican Information Service reports, 2nd September 2009: In this morning’s general audience, held in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, the Pope resumed his series of catecheses on the great writers of…