Tag: pope

The Greek Deacon of the Papal Rite of Mass

Father Athanasius McVay, our Rome correspondent and a priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has recently published an essay on the Eastern rite deacon at the Papal rite of Mass in…

St Odo: Change of Lifestyle Based on Humility and Austerity

The Vatican Information Service reports, 2nd September 2009: In this morning’s general audience, held in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, the Pope resumed his series of catecheses on the great writers of…

East-West Monastic Meeting, Minster Abbey, 28-30 August

Sister Benedict Gaughan, who has done so much to promote East-West encounter through meetings of monks and nuns from Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Oriental Orthodox traditions at Minster Abbey arising from the…

Pilgrimage to Albania and Macedonia

The Church of St George, Lushunje, Albania – Before Fr John Salter, the chairman, writes: In the first ten days of September I shall be on pilgrimage with the Anglican & Eastern…

Beacons of Peace

The Syrian Catholic Church recently elected its new patriarch. The appointment is important not only because the Syrian Catholics have a significant presence in the Middle East and Asia and a thriving…

Ukraine: Grass Roots Ecumenism

A LEADING Latin Rite Bishop in Ukraine has reported that relations with the Russian Orthodox are getting increasingly warmer. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need during a visit to the…