BOSTON — At an ecumenical service honoring Christian martyrs, Jan. 25, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley described martyrs not as figures cast in marble but as human beings of flesh and bone —…
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Philadelphia, Pa., Jan 31, 2014 / 01:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia called on Catholics to pray for the Church in Ukraine during the country’s recent crisis and…
On January 15, 2014, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) clarified its vision for the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America. This came in the form of…
The Archbishop of New York supports the EuroMaidan movement for peace, justice and democracy in Ukraine – in view of the attempt last week to suppress the Ukrainian Catholic Church and inhibit…
Mark Movesesian of First Things recently wrote: Last week, Robert P. George and Katrina Lantos Swett, the chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, published an important op-ed…
The view from an Orthodox priest: In my previous post, I mentioned some of the internal problems besetting the Orthodox Church, causing dysfunction (which I termed “implosion”). I noted how it affects…
The category of the “West” has played a particularly significant role in the modern Eastern Orthodox imagination. It has functioned as an absolute marker of difference from what is considered to be…
Those reading this article from the Union Tribune of the San Diego should bear two things in mind: (a) the reporter does not understand the difference between a Roman Catholic (a Latin…
The USA is a secular state constitutionally separate from the Churches. It speaks out on principle. The United Kingdom is constitutionally and confessionally a Christian State, yet remains doggedly silent, while our…
(Milan) – In early December the United States and Britain announced that they are suspending all non-lethal aid to opposition forces in northern Syria due to the infiltration of Islamist combat forces…