Kaya Genc writes: … Today, the building is on the brink of another transformation; 2014 may be remembered as the year that decided Hagia Sophia’s fate. Last month, Yusuf Halaçoğlu, a parliamentarian…
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Commenting on the statement of Russian Christian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill that the EuroMaidan demonstrations are a threat to the spiritual unity of Ukrainians and Russians, the Patriarch of Kyiv and all Rus-Ukraine Filaret…
Two-thirds of a historic collection of 80,000 books have gone up in smoke after a library was torched in the Lebanese city of Tripoli amid sectarian tensions. The blaze was started after…
Longtemps j’ai baissé les yeux face à l’évolution de l’Eglise russe. J’identifiais le patriarcat de Moscou avec l’Eglise. Comme un enfant devant la nudité de son père, terriblement gêné par son indignité,…
BEIRUT — Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai denounced Friday lawyers helping Catholic couples divorce by converting to other sects, but some members of the clergy and Catholics say the church needs to offer…
The conflict between Greek Catholics and Orthodox in Western Ukraine has to be resolved from both sides, said Cardinal Kurt Koch, head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. “Only by…
By HRH The Prince of Wales 8:19PM GMT 18 Dec 2013 I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts…
Keith Fournier of Catholic Online examines the recent interview of Pope Francis by Andrea Tornielli of Vatican Insider, published in the Italian newspaper, La Stampa, after the publication of Evangelii Gaudium, the Apostolic Exhortation.…
A recent debate at Georgetown University (13 December 2013), featuring the director of the Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College – Anthony O’Mahony.
The Telegraph reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cast Russia as the moral arbiter of the world” last week during his annual state of the nation address. “Mr Putin defended his government’s…