The essence of monasticism is not clerical service—which is possible only for some—but a radically converted way of life, available to all. July 29, 2014, Benjamin Mann, Abbot Nicholas Zachariadis (Holy Resurrection…
Tag: celibacy
July 17, 2014, Benjamin Mann My perspective on celibacy is an unusual one. Shortly after I became a Christian, at age 21, I began thinking about forgoing marriage – even though I…
Our friend Dr Adam De Ville writing in CWR for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, asks, “What Needs to Change for East-West Unity to Happen?” Read online here: Roman Rights…
Byzantine, Texas: Eastern Catholic Churches in the diaspora: An interesting tome. I’m sure if you talk to almost any Eastern Catholic in the US you’ll hear a story about some inter-Church dilem…
BINGHAMTON, NY from Very Rev. Protopresbyter James S. Dutko It was both an honor and a blessing to have the privilege to travel to Rome to participate in The Chrysostom Seminar at…
Married Byzantine Catholic priest – with bi-ritual faculties to help the Latin-rite diocese Fear Not Little Flock: He’s MARRIED? 7 Quick Takes replay
From Catholic News Service, by Mark Pattison, Washington, & Cindy Wooden, Rome, 16 November 2011 To address a shortage of priests in his nationwide eparchy, the Melkite Catholic bishop of Newton, Mass.,…
Orientale Lumen conference tussles over the role of the papacy – Greek Orthodox bishop suggests a Ratzingerian solution by CHARLOTTE HAYS, 7th June 2011 in the National Catholic Register “Many Orthodox view…
From CNS, posted on November 7, 2010 by Cindy Wooden Heading a southern Lebanese diocese that goes from the sea then east two-thirds of the way along the border with Israel, the…