After almost two years of careful preparation, the first meeting of a new pastoral consultation between Orthodox and Catholics in England took place in Oxford in February 2014. It is jointly sponsored…
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July 17, 2014, Benjamin Mann My perspective on celibacy is an unusual one. Shortly after I became a Christian, at age 21, I began thinking about forgoing marriage – even though I…
Sessions from this year’s conference run by our sister Society of St John Chrysostom in the USA are featured on Ancient Faith Radio. The theme was the Ecumenical Dimensions of Marriage. Click here…
paign: nyt2014_sharetools_mkt_topstories_478QW — 247890, creative: sharetools_mkt_nytnow_split_466WL — 369801, page: www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/us/catholic-and-orthodox-officials-endorse-marriage-for-some-priests.html, targetedPage: wwNews of a the North American-Catholic Theological Consultation seeking the Catholic Church to end its ban on married Catholic clergy of…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is pictured at the conclusion of Pope Francis’ inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square in this March 2013 file photo. (CNS/Vatican) Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY…
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the Orthodox understanding of divorce and remarriage. The Holy Father Pope Francis has aired it; recently he invited Cardinal Walter Kasper to give a…
Despite a call from the Second Vatican Council to recover their traditions, Eastern Catholics in the U.S. must ask for permission to ordain married men to the priesthood due to a 90-year-old…
Our friends and followers may be interested in this document on the Vatican website (Congregation for the Clergy, rather than the Eastern Churches), by Fr Roman Cholij, dated New Year’s Day 1993,…
The 18th Orientale Lumen Conference, organised by our sister Society in the USA, will take place 23-26 June 2014, at Washington Retreat House, DC. The full programme details and form are here.…
See news report film here: Married St. Louis deacon to be ordained as priest