Primacy, Conciliarity and the Ecumenical Patriarchate Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) The actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople (EP) in its process of granting a Tomos of autocephalyto the schismatic groups in Ukraine have created a canonical crisis. This point of “judgment” (the real meaning of “crisis”) is not so much about Ukraine, per se; but about the nature […]
The migrant worker who volunteered for martyrdom
Date Posted: January 23, 2019
‘I am a Christian’: the migrant worker who volunteered for martyrdom Martin Mosebach 17 January, 2019 With these words a West African migrant embraced martyrdom at the hands of ISIS. What kind of man was he? The Martyrologium Romanum lists August 30 as the feast of the holy martyrs Felix and Adauctus. Felix was likely […]
The laity used to help choose bishops
Date Posted: January 23, 2019
The laity used to help choose bishops. It’s a tradition worth resurrecting Alan Fimister 17 January, 2019 But for such a system to work, the bishops also need to take up their duties “The Church is not a democracy,” we are often told. That’s sort of true, but it isn’t meant to be a vast […]
Fr. Robert Taft, feisty ecumenist and liturgical historian, dies at 86
Date Posted: November 5, 2018
Jesuit who became a Byzantine priest worked to help disparate parts of the Church understand one another John Burger | Nov 02, 2018 https://aleteia.org/2018/11/02/fr-robert-taft-feisty-ecumenist-and-liturgical-historian-dies-at-86/ Fr. Robert Francis Taft, preeminent historian of the Eastern Christian liturgy and an outspoken voice in relations between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, died at his home in Weston, Massachusetts, November […]
Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Climate Change
Date Posted: September 29, 2018
Climate change is a top spiritual priority for these religious leaders Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople releases a falcon rehabilitated by Anima in Spetses, Greece. (Sean Hawkey) By Juliet Eilperin June 26 (Washington Post – July 23, 2018) ABOARD THE SHIP MORE SPACIOUS THAN THE HEAVENS — Off the island of Spetses, the leader […]
Pope Francis in Bari on the Middle East
Date Posted: July 18, 2018
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Analysis: Why will Pope Francis visit the Ukrainian parish in Rome?
Date Posted: February 6, 2018
Analysis: Why will Pope Francis visit the Ukrainian parish in Rome? from https://angelusnews.com Andrea Gagliarducci Jan. 12, 2018 Share Tweet Basilica of Saint Sophia. Credit: Andrea Gagliarducci/CNA On Jan. 28, Pope Francis will visit the Basilica of Saint Sophia, the Greek Catholic Ukrainian parish in Rome. While there, he will pray in front of […]
Church leaders: Restoration on Jesus’ tomb signals new cooperation
Date Posted: April 10, 2017
TheBostonPilot.com By Judith Sudilovsky Posted: 3/22/2017 The restored Edicule is seen during a ceremony marking the end of restoration work on the site of Jesus’s tomb at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher March 22. (CNS photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Reuters) JERUSALEM (CNS) — Less than a year after restoration work began, the Edicule — the […]
Western saints names included on Moscow Patriarchate Calendar
Date Posted: April 10, 2017
Inclusion of western saints’ names on Moscow Patriarchate calendar aims to remind of times of undivided Church – Russian Orthodox Church Source: Interfax-religion admin | 13 March 2017 Moscow, March 13, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church hopes that its official commemoration of the western saints, who were glorified before the division of the Church, […]
Why Russia had two St. Patrick’s days this year
Date Posted: April 10, 2017
By Adam Taylor March 17 The Washington Post The dome of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior is seen behind the monument of Saint George in Moscow on March 17. (Yur Kadobnov/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) Informally, Russia has long marked St. Patrick’s Day, joining the rest of the world in the March 17 celebration of […]