A TOMB OF LIGHT: Father Franz VAN DER LUGT (1938-2014) was a Dutch Jesuit living in Syria since 1972. Fluent in Arabic, he had a PhD in psychology. Father Franz advanced dialogue…
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paign: nyt2014_sharetools_mkt_topstories_478QW — 247890, creative: sharetools_mkt_nytnow_split_466WL — 369801, page: www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/us/catholic-and-orthodox-officials-endorse-marriage-for-some-priests.html, targetedPage: wwNews of a the North American-Catholic Theological Consultation seeking the Catholic Church to end its ban on married Catholic clergy of…
26 May 2014 On May 25 a group of armed members of the terrorist organization “People’s Republic of Luhansk” burst into two polling stations, threatening to injure the members of election commission,…
Fr Paolo dall’Oglio SJ lived as a Christian and worshipped among Muslims within the indigenous Syriac monastic tradition 26 April 2014, BBC Magazine A Dutch Catholic priest was shot dead in the…
Once again we approach Holy Thursday, when, on the way to His crucifixion and opening the doors to resurrection, our Divine Saviour established the Holy Mystery of the Priesthood. In relation to…
Despite a call from the Second Vatican Council to recover their traditions, Eastern Catholics in the U.S. must ask for permission to ordain married men to the priesthood due to a 90-year-old…
A couple of months ago, I was in London to deliver a lecture, after which two friends and I headed across the road for food and drink. Having spoken to the audience…
Our friends and followers may be interested in this document on the Vatican website (Congregation for the Clergy, rather than the Eastern Churches), by Fr Roman Cholij, dated New Year’s Day 1993,…
Posted 2014-03-05 19:22 GMT – AP and Susan Frazer in Ankara ISTANBUL (AP) — Although shut down for more than four decades, one of the Orthodox Church’s most pre-eminent seminaries…
See news report film here: Married St. Louis deacon to be ordained as priest