Jerusalem (AsiaNews) – “Currently, the acts of unrestrained vandalism are poisoning the atmosphere, an atmosphere of coexistence, cooperation, especially now, two weeks before the visit of Pope Francis”: This is what he…
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When Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople meet this month in Jerusalem, the buzz probably will be about two milestones from the past: 1054, when Eastern and Western Christianity split, and…
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, was denied entry to Ukraine and had to return home, being told he is persona non grata. The…
Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service, interviewed Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople ahead of his meeting with Pope Francis in Jerusalem May 25. See the full interview here. At the end, Rocca…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is pictured at the conclusion of Pope Francis’ inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square in this March 2013 file photo. (CNS/Vatican) Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY…
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8 May 2014 One church leader is pointing the finger at the West to explain the disappearance of Iraq’s Christians, writes Salah Nasrawi As the mass exodus of Iraq’s Christians continues, so…
Friday, May 9, 2014 (3:18 am) By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent CAIRO, EGYPT (Worthy News)– One year after Islamists in upper Egypt accused her of committing blasphemy in front of a…
8 May 2014, Deutsche Welle (DE) The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Batholomew of Constantinople, arrives to Germany May 10. During his nine-day visit, the 74-year-old will meet…
Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of 250 million Orthodox Christians, praised Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for improving rights for Christians, but added pointedly, “it is not enough.” In an interview with…