WURZBURG, Germany, JAN. 20, 2011 (Zenit.org) The relations between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches after the disintegration of the Soviet Union 20 years ago will be the topic of a March 19…
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Christmas Greeting to Coptic Orthodox Church ROME, JAN. 14, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The president of the Vatican’s unity council says Christians should be united to face oppression, and also to seek peace. Cardinal…
ISTANBUL, Turkey, DEC. 2, 2010 (Zenit.org) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople is underlining the value of unity with the Catholic Church, but is pointing out that truth must be its foundation.…
Rome, 23rd November 2010, (Zenit.org). The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity just marked its 50th birthday. The council’s president saw this as an opportune moment to look at what progress has…
Rome, 9th November, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity will celebrate its 50th birthday with an ecumenical event this November 17th. The event will be presided over by Archbishop…
SOFIA, Bulgaria, NOV. 8, 2010 (Zenit.org). The Eastern Catholic bishops of Europe are underlining their full communion with the See of Peter as part of the criteria of ecclesiology of the Churches.…
Sandro Magister’s account of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, October 2010 The patriarchate of Moscow is a great admirer of the current pontiff. But…
This is the a translation of an address given on 10 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI to participants in a congress marking the 20th anniversary of the promulgation of the Code…
Catholic-Orthodox Commission Recalls Priestly Commitment VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 29, 2010 thanks to Zenit.org Benedict XVI is expressing appreciation for the ecumenical commitment of Monsignor Eleuterio Fortino, 72, who died due…
The Churches from all round the world will focus their attention on their “Mother Church”, the church of the first Christians, in Jerusalem as they observe the Week of Prayer for Christian…