May 27, 2014 JERUSALEM – His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of over 300 million Orthodox faithful worldwide, departed Israel today, following successful meetings with Pope Francis. The Ecumenical Patriarch visited…
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2014-05-26 Pope Francis, Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Muslim leader Omar Abboud collapsed in a heartfelt embraced before the Western Wall. As they hugged each other, they exclaimed, “We did it!” The Rabbi,…
Vatican City, 26 May 2014 (VIS) – At 11.45 a.m., after a five-kilometre journey by car, the Holy Father arrived at the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Centre where he received in audience…
▶ Ecumenical event on the anniversary of the meeting between Paul VI and Athenagoras – YouTube
Francis meets Patriarch Bartholomew at the Empty Tomb and urges all Christian denominations to “walk together towards the fullness of communion” Giacomo Galeazzi, Jerusalem – 25 May, 2014 Pope Bergoglio expresses his desire…
Pilgrimage fraught with expectation and hope, says Gregorios III On Friday 23 May, Patriarch Gregorios III of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem, left Beirut bound for the Jordanian…
Pope Francis and Bartolomew I together in the Vatican (photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate/ Nikolaos Manginas) 21 May 2014 (Milan/g.s.-k.c.) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is the one who has proposed a repetition of the…
Holot (Agenzia Fides) In the Negev desert there is a detention center with more than two thousand prisoners, mostly of Christian faith. We are talking about the center of Holot, where Eritreans…
Pope’s Meeting and Joint Prayer with Patriarch Bartholomew Will Be Historic – Fr. Lombardi Briefs World’s Media on Francis’ Visit to the Holy Land By H. Sergio Mora, Deborah Castellano Lubov, VATICAN CITY, May…
May 14, 2014 By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM — As Pope Francis’s visit to the Holy Land approaches, the trip is being marked with special events, government sessions, online videos and a photography exhibition…