MARRIAGE-ORTHODOX Aug-5-2013 (480 words) xxxi Speaking of divorce, pope refers to practice of Orthodox churches By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When Pope Francis spoke to journalists about the need for a stronger Catholic pastoral approach to marriage and to divorced people, he made a parenthetical reference to how the Orthodox […]
Coptic Pope stresses urgency of Christian unity at Vatican
Date Posted: May 10, 2013
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/coptic-pope-stresses-urgency-of-christian-unity-at-vatican/ VATICAN CITY, May 10 (CNA/EWTN News) .- The Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt met with Pope Francis at the Vatican and spoke about the urgent need for unity among Christians in the Middle East. “We must prepare our people for this very real and needed unity that we know and live, […]
Catholic – Greek Orthodox Bishops Support Children’s Online Privacy Act
Date Posted: December 29, 2012
Prelates Release Joint Statement on Revisions to Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C., December 28, 2012 (Zenit.org). The U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Department of Communications and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America issued the following statement in support of the Federal Trade Commission’s revisions to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) that were announced […]
New Patriarch of Antioch
Date Posted: December 29, 2012
You may have already heard today’s (Monday’s) news that Metropolitan John (Yazigi) of Central and Western Europe has been elected the new Patriarch of Antioch. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syrian-elected-orthodox-patriarch-antioch-17999689 However, you may not be aware of the Metropolitan’s English-language website which is a very extensive source of information about him. http://www.antiocheurope.org His biography and lists of his publications […]
Patristic Symposium held in Saint Patricks, Maynooth
Date Posted: December 20, 2012
The Beauty of God’s Presence in the Fathers of the Church Patristic Symposium held in Saint Patricks, Maynooth By William A. Thomas DUBLIN, DEC. 19, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Described as spectacular and the most international and ecumenical Patristic conference ever held in Ireland, the ‘Eighth International Patristic Conference’ recently concluded at Saint Patricks College in Maynooth. […]
Working together for the defense of Christian values
Date Posted: December 16, 2012
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, has sent a letter to Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris, president of the Bishops’ Conference in France, expressing support and readiness of the Moscow Patriarchate to work together for the defense of Christian values. Link to full article (in English) […]
MEMORY ETERNAL, His Beatitude, Patriarch IGNATIUS IV of Antioch
Date Posted: December 6, 2012
Wednesday, December 05, 2012 8:58 AM MEMORY ETERNAL His Beatitude, the Most Blessed IGNATIUS IV Patriarch of Antioch and all the East It is with extreme sadness that we inform you that our beloved Father in Christ, His Beatitude, Patriarch IGNATIUS IV of Antioch and all the East, fell asleep in the Lord on Wednesday, […]
Metropolitan Hilarion on evangelisation and reconciliation
Date Posted: October 22, 2012
2012-10-17 Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) Pope Benedict XVI met on Tuesday with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Department for External Church Relations to discuss common challenges, ecumenical developments and a recent landmark agreement between Moscow and the Polish Catholic Church. The Pope’s meeting with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk came just after the […]
An Interview with Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev
Date Posted: May 26, 2012
A year and a half ago, while searching for a recording of Bach’s Matthäus-Passion to share with a friend, I stumbled across a YouTube clip entitled simply: ”St Matthew Passion. No. 1.” Filled with idle musical curiosity, I clicked away, and within moments, realized that I had discovered something extraordinary. This was breathtaking music; grandiose, […]
Catholic Church in Holy Land plans switch to Orthodox calendar for Easter
Date Posted: April 6, 2012
April 04, 2012 The Catholic churches of the Holy Land plan to observe Easter according to the Orthodox calendar, the head of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land has announced. The change could come as early as next year. Father Pierbattista Pizzabella explained that the change was prompted by a desire to strengthen ecumenical […]