2014-05-09 Pope Francis met with the bishops of Ethiopia and Eritrea, in Rome for their “ad limina apostolorum” visit. The bishops gave the Pope four Ethiopian crosses, as well as liturgical vestments,…
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At the spring residential meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales, His Grace Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, eparchial bishop of the Eparchy of the Holy Family of London, for Ukrainian Greek Catholics in…
8 May 2014 Coptic Pope Tawadros II showed an interest in art during the Easter holidays. His appearance at the Anglican All Saints Cathedral in Zamalek brought a crowd of Christian art…
▶ Pope Francis prays with Head of the Armenian Church, Karekin II – YouTube Pope Francis prayed with the Patriarch of the Armenian Church, Karekin II, at the Vatican’s Redemptoris Mater Chapel.…
The references to martyrdom are in part diplomatic. They are to the mass persecution of ethnic and racial minorities in the dying years of the Ottoman Empire, of whom by far the…
This is relevant not just for Christian-Muslim Dialogue, and the Holy See’s relations with Turkey in respect of the Latin Roman Catholic Church community in Turkey, it also has bearings on ecumenical…
Fr Ioan Sauca (left) and Peter Prove (right) 08 May 2014 Father Ioan Sauca of the Romanian Orthodox Church and Peter Prove, a Lutheran lawyer and international affairs expert from Australia, have…
On 8 May 2014, an historic conference took place in Geneva, Switzerland, where seven senior religious and secular leaders from Syria’s largest Christian churches spoke in a unified voice on the situation in their…
Please note that we post this only for information about a significant statesman’s perspective on Eastern Christianity. Please see the item on line (below) to read various responses. From the report, setting to one side his…
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Tawadros II sent a letter to Pope Francis, on the occasion of the first anniversary of their meeting at the Vatican,…