The delegation includes Metropolitan John of Pergamon, Orthodox Co-President of the Joint Theological Commission for Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, also known as John Zizioulas, distinguished theologian, from…
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This is a most important interview to read, in conjunction with that on Al-Jazeera with Metropolitan Hilarion (in the next post on). Patriarch Sviatoslav emphasises that the relations between Ukrainian Catholics and…
It is the southern hemisphere that is becoming the new home for the diaspora of Eastern Christians, Catholic, Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, in significant number. At last, Pope Francis has approved a Metropolitan See…
While we are delighted that faithful Venerable Pope Paul will be raised to the altars as Blessed, we recall that under his Pontificate that the recognition of the patriarchate of the Ukrainian…
2014-05-09 Pope Francis met with the bishops of Ethiopia and Eritrea, in Rome for their “ad limina apostolorum” visit. The bishops gave the Pope four Ethiopian crosses, as well as liturgical vestments,…
“Dear brothers from Rome, one can be Catholic without being Latin. And we were attacked on two fronts, Catholic-Latin and Orthodox-Byzantine. And we said: No, dear brothers, one can be Ukrainian, one…
On 30 May 2014 at the Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College, London, Dr Sotiris Roussos, director of the Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), Department of Political Studies…
29 April 2014 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in an interview with the Italian agency SIR said that today there are many issues that both churches must address together, Religion in Ukraine reports,…
With grateful acknowledgement to NR, we repost this characteristically penetrating analysis from George Weigel – even though we object to the repeated use of the contrived title “major-archbishop”, which is entirely a…
Tuesday, April 1, 2014, by Father Ronald Roberson In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published March 5, Pope Francis was asked about the significance of the meeting he…