From the Phanar, Bartholomew and Francis both called for full communion between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches Gianni Valente, Istanbul, 11/30/2014 “The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I…
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Vatican City, November 29, 2014 (Zenit.org) In a letter published today, written in Latin and dated Nov. 18, Pope Francis named Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, archbishop of Vienna, as his special envoy at…
28 November 2014, Vatican Radio Catholic-Orthodox relations and dialogue with the Muslim world are the two main issues under the spotlight as Pope Francis travels to the Turkish capital of Ankara on…
25 November 2014, Vatican Radio Pope Francis travels from Ankara to Istanbul on Saturday where he’ll visit the famous Hagia Sophia museum and the Blue Mosque. Later in the day he’ll celebrate…
Christianity is being extinguished in the land of its birth and the West is to blame, say Syria’s faithful By Ruth Sherlock, Izraa, Deraa, 22 Nov 2014 Outgoing artillery shook St Elias…
22:07 28.07.2014 (updated 06.11.2014) 28th of July is celebrated in Russia as the Day of Baptism of ancient Rus (the proto-state of Eastern Slavs with the capital in Kiev). Although the…
The Catholic & Orthodox Pastoral Consultation in England, meeting in London for its 2nd Session, wishes to add its voice of support and union in prayer to the Apostolic Churches of Iraq…
25 September 2014 14:05 by Liz Dodd Bombing jihadists in Syria could make life worse for Christians in the region, the Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo has warned. Archbishop Boutros Marayati told…
Certain thoughts spring to mind in view of the joint readiness of many, particularly European, countries to fight Islamic State and variously named takfiri groups: – Why are some countries, especially…
Today, the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin brings glad tidings to the universe. My prayer is for joy to fill the hearts of millions of people in our Arab countries,…