The Catholic Church in the Middle East: Communion and Witness Unofficial translation – with thanks to www.zenit.org INTRODUCTION Propositio 1 Documentation Presented to the Supreme Pontiff The synod fathers present to the…
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This is the homily delivered on 24 October 2010 in St. Peter’s Basilica at the solemn closing of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops. The theme…
Speech of H. B. Patriarch Gregorios III During the Synod of Bishops: Special Assembly for the Middle East Rome 10-24 October 2010 Ecclesiology and Ecumenism The Code of Canons of…
We ought to have a pope The Melkite Greek Catholic Church took the bold step of resuming full ecclesial communion with Rome, three hundred years ago. It was a difficult decision, which…
Vatican City, 22 October 2010 Zenit.org. The deep wounds left by decades of Communism in Romania must be healed by recovering values and rebuilding the social fabric, Benedict XVI said Thursday on…
ROME, 21 October, 2010 (Zenit.org). For now at least, the work of the synod on the Middle East is focused on 41 proposals that, after further revisions, will be presented to Benedict…
Interview With Maronite Archbishop of Cyprus on his role as Special Secretary at the Synod of Bishops’ Assembly on the Catholic Church in the Middle East By Gabriela Maria Mihlig, Rome, 20…
With thanks to Mariaelena Finessi of Zenit.org, at Rome, 19 October 2010 When Benedict XVI made his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in May 2009, Jordan was his first stop. But many…
Interview With PISAI Professor Father Michel Saghbiny With thanks to Andrea Kirk Assaf of Zenit.org at Rome, 15 October 2010. The Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome is…
October 11, 2010 Dear brothers and sisters, On October 11 1962, 48 years ago, Pope John XXIII inaugurated Vatican Council II. At the time, on October 11, the feast day of the…