The Russian patriarch, not Pope Francis, has the most reason to be satisfied after the Havana meeting and joint statement. Fr Mark Drew, Saturday 13th February, writes: The reported first words of Pope…
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Dr Adam DeVille, in Catholic World Report, 13 February, writes: Pope Benedict XVI was, and is, known for playing the piano. Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, the chief architect of Friday’s Cuban…
Fr Mark Drew, our 2014 Christopher Morris Lecturer and Advisory Panel expert, writes, 12 February 2016 in the Catholic Herald: The Orthodox Church is not usually associated with rapid change and fast-moving…
Ahead of the historic meeting of His Holiness Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Dr Myroslav Marynovych, Vice-Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine, and – as a supposed dissident…
The Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales welcomes the long hoped-for meeting of the Holy Father Pope Francis and the Patriarch of Moscow, to take place in Cuba on 12th February. A…
Special Guest Lecture “The ties of ‘homeland’ and adapting to new places: Middle Eastern Christian communities in the UK” Dr. Fiona McCallum, Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews…
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Pope Francis has established a World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. It will be celebrated on September 1st every year. The Pope was inspired by the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate, which…
The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”, is communion with the Orthodox Churches. Your Holiness, beloved brother…
Your Holiness Pope Francis, beloved brother in Christ, bishop of Senior Rome, We offer glory and praise to our God in Trinity for deeming us worthy of the ineffable joy and special…