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…
Tag: history
In view of the present crisis across Ukraine, our good friend Fr Athanasius McVay adduces two reflections on aspects of Ukrainian history as background. See here: Annales Ecclesiae Ucrainae: Understanding Ukraine’s Present…
Experts have this week identified a recently discovered site in China as an early Christian burial site with origins in the Nestorian Church, properly known as The Church of the East. The…
Interview with SSJC Committee Member in Catholic World Report The Reverend Doctor Athanasius D. McVay specializes in the 20th-century history of Vatican diplomacy and of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He co-edited…
Rome, December 16, 2013 (Zenit.org) Ann Schneible The increase in sectarian violence against Egypt’s Christian communities endangers not only the country’s ancient Christian heritage, but also the cultural, social and political dimensions…
Turmoil in Egypt has led to one of the worst persecutions of the country’s Coptic Christians in their nearly 2,000-year history. The following is a script from “The Copts” which aired on…
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…
“We currently stand next to the Hagia Sophia mosque,” so said Turkey’s deputy prime minister, Bulent Arinc last month during a dedication of a museum of Caucasus rugs and carpets next to…
The “deportation” of Armenians in 1915 was inhumane, and Turkey has never supported the move, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said yesterday as he made a landmark visit to the country’s long-time foe,…
UNESCO’s Director-General warned Friday of illegal archeological excavations across war-torn Syria, saying the United Nations’ cultural, education and science entity has called on auction houses and museums to beware. Amid the widespread…