Our friends in the Youngstown-Warren Chapter of the Society in the USA send us this report following a recent talk by Bishop John of Parma Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky was born Count Roman…
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VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 8, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Benedict XVI is expressing his hopes for a “renewed commitment to spiritual communion and evangelical witness” as the fruit of the 19th International Ecumenical…
ROME, APRIL 15, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org The new patriarch of the Maronite Church was in Rome this week, affirming a vision of unity and diversity. Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï, who last month…
In Chrysostom for Pascha 2011, Fr John Salter writes: It was in 1957 that I first met Donald Allchin. He had been ordained the year before to a title at St. Mary Abbots,…
By Paul de Maeyer, ROME, FEB. 18, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org. Not even the Mongols of the 14th century, when they killed 40 monks and some 400 faithful, succeeded in making one of…
The basic habit of a Coptic monk is made up of a leather belt worn under a long, black gown, a black skull cap and a black hood. When a monk is…
Mariam Harutunian of AFP reports: Armenia on Saturday launched the world’s longest cable car line, a 5.7-kilometre (3.5-mile) engineering feat that spans a spectacular gorge to the country’s ancient Tatev monastery. Gathered…
Stephen Nehme KFIFAN, Lebanon, JUNE 10, 2010 thanks to Zenit.org Stephen Nehme (born Joseph), who will be beatified June 27 in Kfifan, Lebanon, was known for his constant awareness of…
The Holy Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church has studied the announcement from Pope Benedict XVI of a Year of the Priest 19 June 2009 to 19 June 2010. In order…
The Vatican Information Service reports, 16 September 2009: In today’s general audience, which was held in the Paul VI Hall, the Pope focused his attention on Symeon the New Theologian, “an Eastern…