This is the address Benedict XVI delivered 24 September 2011, upon meeting with representatives of Orthodox Churches at the seminary of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau. Dear Cardinals, Brother Bishops, Distinguished…
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VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 8, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Benedict XVI is expressing his hopes for a “renewed commitment to spiritual communion and evangelical witness” as the fruit of the 19th International Ecumenical…
VATICAN CITY, JUNE 28, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today when he was visited by a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The…
VATICAN CITY, JUNE 24, 2011 (thanks to Zenit.org Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today on receiving in audience members of the Assembly of Societies for Aid to…
From Light of the East, newsletter of the Youngstown SSJC Chapter for May-June 2012Much of Ratzinger’s approach to ecumenism evidences a concern to avoid relativist tendencies. Aidan Nichols attributes to Ratzinger the…
ROME, APRIL 15, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org The new patriarch of the Maronite Church was in Rome this week, affirming a vision of unity and diversity. Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï, who last month…
Ecumenical Hopes Mark Beginning of Archbishop Sviatoslav VATICAN CITY, MARCH 31, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Pope Benedict XVI is assuring his prayers for the new head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.…
ROME, MARCH 28, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org. Benedict XVI has officially affirmed communion with the new patriarch of the Maronite Church, who was installed in the office Friday. Bishop Bechara Boutros Rai, 77,…
This is the address of Benedict XVI to bishops of the Syro-Malankara Church, who have just completed their five-yearly “ad limina” visit. Dear Brother Bishops, I welcome all of you here today…
VATICAN CITY, MAY 23, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Here is a translation of Benedict XVI’s address today to Gjorge Ivanov, president of Macedonia, whom he received in audience together with a Catholic-Orthodox…