There are many reasons to be hopeful about the direction of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue but it is threatened by tensions emerging within the Orthodox Church. As the Week of Prayer for Christian…
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There are many reasons to be hopeful about the direction of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue but it is threatened by tensions emerging within the Orthodox Church. As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity…
Jamie Dettmer, of The Daily Beast, writes: The Vatican announced last week that Pope Francis will visit the Middle East in May, 50 years after Paul VI’s historic visit—but will any Christians…
This post contains the strongly worded response from the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the Moscow Patriarchate’s Statement on Primacy in the Universal Church, itself a negative response to the Ravenna Statement of the…
This statement was approved by the Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church earlier in 2013, but released on December 26th (Gregorian). When the Joint International Theological Commission of…
Kaya Genc writes: … Today, the building is on the brink of another transformation; 2014 may be remembered as the year that decided Hagia Sophia’s fate. Last month, Yusuf Halaçoğlu, a parliamentarian…
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople has convoked the leaders of all Orthodox Churches to prepare for the 2015 Synod Gianni Valente on Vatican Insider (La Stampa in Rome) assesses the significance The Ecumenical…
Istanbul (AsiaNews ) – The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has convoked the patriarchs and archbishops of all the Orthodox Churches to a meeting in Istanbul, next March, for an exchange of views on…
Vatican City ( AsiaNews ) – Pope Francis will be in the Holy Land May 24 to 26 , to commemorate the “historic meeting” between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras .…
Everyone may know the Ayasofya [Hagia Sophia] but it is best we share some basic information about this historic edifice because this article is about what it was and what it may…