Communiqué of 12 October 2010 Speech of His Beatitude Gregorios III Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of Alexandria and of Jerusalem On this second day of the Synod for…
Tag: peace
International Meeting of Prayer for Peace in Barcelona 3-5 October 2010 Living Together in a Time of Crisis Community of Sant’Egidio The Community of Sant’Egidio began in Rome in 1968, in the…
Pope Benedict Exhorts New Iraqi Ambassador to Protect the Rights of All and the Safety of Christians
Your Excellency, I am pleased to welcome you at the start of your mission and to accept the Letters accrediting you as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Iraq to…
Appeal for Prayer and Forgiveness for the victims of violence and fanaticism in Iraq: Christians and Muslims together for the rejection of violence and fanaticism Violence, fanaticism, terrorism, enmity, dislocation, or rather…
Here is the letter the prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, sent to the bishops regarding the collection for the Church in the Holy Land, which traditionally takes…
Jonathan Luxmoore, for Ecumenical News International, reports: Poland’s Roman Catholic Church has launched its first dialogue with Russian Orthodox leaders, in a bid to rebuild relations between the two countries. “Although these…
We are grateful to our friends in SSJC YOungstown Chapter for this interesting article, in Light of the East, March-April 2010 By Edward Luttwak, November 2009 Economic crisis, mounting national debt, excessive…
The Press Office of the Holy See Press Office released the following communique yesterday evening (3rd December 2009): This afternoon, 3 December 2009, His Holiness Benedict XVI received in audience Dimitri Medvedev,…
Patriarch Pavle of Serbia died on Sunday aged 95. His funeral took place today, Thursday 19th November, led by Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. The Pope was represented by Cardinal Sodano, Secretary of…
Hope for the Holy Land is a weekend festival – “Celebrating Palestinian Christianity” – taking place 28-29 November in Pimlico, at Holy Apostles Church Hall, Cumberland Street, London SW1V 4LY. There will…