Tag: eastern catholic
On Tuesday, December 9, 2013, the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, during a regular meeting, deliberated on the results of the previous September’s Assembly of Canonical…
As Archbishop of Buenos Aires, the future Pope Francis was Ordinary for Catholics of Eastern Churches in Argentina.
Congratulations to our President, Archbishop Vincent of Westminster, Cardinal Nichols, who has been named by the Holy Father Pope Francis as a member of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches. This is wonderful…
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – This afternoon, Tuesday, February 18, the leaders and many senior members of the prominent Christian denominations in Egypt – including Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak – will…
Vatican City, 13 February 2014 (VIS) – This morning Pope Francis received in audience a group of bishops from the Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria on their “ad limina” visit, during which he…
by Nirmala Carvalho The Major Archbishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara rite is the new president of the Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). His Beatitude explains his “work program” for the Church…
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – A year after the kidnapping of the Armenian Catholic priest Mikael Kayal and the Syro-Orthodox priest Maher Mahfouz, which took place on February 9, 2013 on the road…
According to a local bishop, numerous conversions of Muslims to Christianity occur every year in Lebanon, but the true number is unknown because of the risk of social stigma and persecution. “Most…
Congratulations to our friend Fr James Siemens in Wales, who has set up a chaplaincy for Eastern Christian students in the Welsh capital. A Ukrainian Catholic priest, he is Catholic chaplain at…