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Catholic-Orthodox relations after the USSR

WURZBURG, Germany, JAN. 20, 2011 (Zenit.org) The relations between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches after the disintegration of the Soviet Union 20 years ago will be the topic of a March 19…

Iraqi Bishops to Address European Parliament

STRASBOURG, France, DEC. 9, 2010 (Zenit.org). Next week a delegation of Iraqi bishops will address the European Parliament in Strasbourg about the situation of Christians in their country. “We want Europe and…

A Church That Was Supposed to Disappear

Interview With Cardinal Husar of Kiev, Ukraine KIEV, Ukraine, NOV. 15, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Church in Ukraine was supposed to disappear. Communists tried to liquidate it in 1946, but believers took the…

Christians Fearful After Baghdad Attacks

Zenit interview with Latin Catholic Archbishop Sleiman  BAGHDAD, Iraq, NOV. 4, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Last Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Our Lady of Salvation Syrian Catholic Church, and a subsequent bombing on Tuesday,…

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Volgograd, Russia, Sep 14, 2010 A “chapel boat” containing relics of eight saints has begun a cruise along the Volga River. The relics are a gift from the Catholic Church to the…

Eternal Memory: His Graace Bishop Andraos Abousa

Archimandrite John Salter, Chairman, write in Chrysostom, All Saints 2010: A well loved figure on the Chaldean Catholic Church died on17th July 2010 in hospital at Erbil the capital of Northern Iraq. The bishop was…

Reconciliation Through Education in Eastern Europe

Interview With Ivan and Mirela Cigic SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 18th October, 2010 – thanks to Zenit.org. An education program sponsored by the Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina is contributing to…

NEW LATIN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN RUSSIA

Fr John Salter writes in Chrysostom, Pascha 2010        In 2004 Pope John-Paul II sent Cardinal Walter Kasper, the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (Cardinal Cassidy’s successor),…

Chrsitians Flee Mosul, Iraq

MOSUL, Iraq, FEB. 18, 2010 thanks to Zenit.org The Church’s youngest archbishop is asking for prayers as more and more of his faithful leave Mosul because of a violent intimidation campaign that…