Homily of Bishop Alan Hopes, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, on the occasion of the visit of the Icon on its pilgrim journey from across Russia and Siberia to Portugal. In London the…
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By Fr John Salter, Chairman – in Chrysostom, Pascha 2012 Some twelve years ago I was sitting sipping coffee in the common room of the Melkite Greek Catholic seminary at Harissa, on top…
This is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave on Sunday 22 January 2012 at the midday Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square. Dear brothers and sisters! This Sunday…
Sophia Kishkovsky of ENI News reports, 22 March 2011 Diptychs, an arcane liturgical term that describes the order in which Orthodox churches commemorate each other at their services, is one…
Fr John Salter writes in the Pascha 2011 edition of Chrysostom: When I was looking for a second Anglican curacy in 1966 I was interviewed by Father Irvine at his vicarage at…
At the Centre for Eastern Christianity in collaboration with the Centre for Christianity and Interreligoius Dialogue at Heythrop College: Christianity & Islam in Contemporary Context, 7 to 8 March 2011 ‘An overview…
The cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Smolensk that had been turned into a state archives department will now be turned over to the Catholic Church once more. The Russian agency Interfax…
Among History’s Vanished The archivist of the Oriental Congregation, Gianpaolo Rigotti’s recent article “Uomini e attività della Congregazione per la Chiesa Orientale tra i motu proprio Dei providentis (1917) e Sancta Dei…
Prime Ministers Putin and Puck in April 2010 at the Katyn Memorial The Russian Orthodox patriarch has visited the graves of the 22,000 Poles near Smolensk, who were massacred under the rule…
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, At the midday hour it is the Church’s tradition to turn in prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, joyfully recalling her ready acceptance of the Lord’s…