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Speaking to Zenit in Bari After Pope’s Ecumenical Encounter, Says ‘I Am Convinced There Is a Future for the Gospel’ in the Middle East
July 08, 2018 20:49Deborah Castellano Lubovinterview

EuroCourse is an international opportunity for European leaders organised by FIMCAP, the international federation of Catholic parochial youth movements. This year’s EuroCourse, titled Head in the Cloud, kicked off on Thursday 1st February.    READ MORE

“Indifference kills, and we desire to lift up our voices in opposition to this murderous indifference,” Pope Francis said as he and 17 leaders of the Christian churches and communities in the Middle East met in the southern Italian city of Bari on July 7. The gathering was convened to pray for peace in the Middle East and to discuss what the Christian churches might do together to contribute to that goal.   read more

YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia's dominant church put a significant Christian relic on display Saturday after rumors that a part of it had been sold prompted protesters to occupy a main church administrative building.
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Francis is in Bari, Italy, together with the Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs of Middle Eastern Churches for a day of prayer for peace. "We want to give a voice to those who have none, to those who can only wipe away their tears. For the Middle East today is weeping,

“Peace be upon you! Christians together for the Middle East” is the motto of the official visit to Bari of Pope Francis for the ecumenical meeting for prayer in the Middle East that will take place tomorrow, July 7. The Custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, highlighted the importance of prayer, which, he said, “enables us to experience union and determined action for peace, dialogue, and encounter.”    read more

Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran “spent all this life at the service of the Gospel and the Church and in the diplomacy of the Holy See, always at the service of peace in the world through interreligious dialogue”: ....   read more

CAIRO – July 6, 2018: Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac, the Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church and the Head of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Egypt, sent a cable of condolences, to Pope Francis on the death of

“Peace be upon you! Christians together for the Middle East”: is the motto of Pope Francis’ visit to Bari for the ecumenical meeting of prayer for peace due to take place next July 7. In the city that preserves the relics of St. Nicholas, the Pope and the heads of Churches and Christian communities of

In the Muslim city of Jericho, where the small Christian minority is a tiny yet powerful beacon of hope, the church dedicated to the Good Shepherd and the “Terra Sancta School”, the only mixed educational institute in the city, are the beating heart of the small Christian community

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“Peace be upon you! Christians together for the Middle East”: is the motto of Pope Francis’ visit to Bari for the ecumenical meeting of prayer for peace due to take place next July 7. In the city that preserves the relics of St. Nicholas, the Pope and

Vatican City — The Vatican's secretary of state warned July 5 that humanity is facing a "possible collapse" in the Earth's ability to sustain life, as part of a two-day conference hosted by the Catholic Church to urge global leaders to mitigate the devastating impacts of climate change.

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At the direction of Vice President Mike Pence, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green and Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Samuel Brownback led a U.S. delegation to

MOUNT OF OLIVES, JERUSALEM – June 29th 2018, the day of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem and in Palestine received religious and civilian authorities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the delegation as well as the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ pontificate.
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Patriarch Irinej  -the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church- says he remains in his earlier position that the time is not right for Pope Francis to visit Serbia.
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Today, in the Vatican, His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with Pope Francis. The meeting took place at the initiative and at the request of the Head of the UGCC on the occasion of the commemoration of the 1030th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus-Ukraine, the website of the Kyiv Archdiocese of the UGCC has reported citing the Secretariat of the Head of the UGCC in Rome.   leggi tutto read more

In a 2 July letter, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit congratulated Louis Raphael I Sako of Babylon, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, on being ordained as a cardinal.
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Message of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.  VIDEO MESSAGE
to the Opening of the 44th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
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Rome — The official commission for dialogue between the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches has published its first document in 13 years, focusing on how each global institution can learn from the other in balancing exercise of ecclesial authority at the local, regional and worldwide levels.
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(Peter Anderson) The members of the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (Metropolitans Ioannis, Emmanuel, and Bartholomew) have continued their visits to the primates of the Local Orthodox Churches in order to discuss the Ukrainian situation.

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SIR exclusive interview with Cardinal Kurt Koch on the Day for Reflection and Prayer for peace in the Middle East. “We had been planning this initiative for some time already, the situation in the Middle East is very close to the heart of the Holy Father.
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CAIRO – 2 July 2018: Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark celebrated on Sunday the Holy Family Journey at Virgin Mary Church in Maadi district, Southern Cairo.

Constantinople has never recognized Moscow's church authority over Ukraine, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said during the 40th Day after death memorial service for Metropolitan Evangelos of Perga on 1 July.The head of the information department of

Francis today made 14 new cardinals from 12 countries including Pakistan, Japan and Madagascar and Mexico

- Vatican Media  -   The Holy See has reiterated its call for an appropriate regulation of the activities of transnational corporations that is guided by an ethical approach so that a decent standard of living is

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a message of greetings to the participants in the 25th annual Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, which takes place in the capital of Greece on June 25-30, 2018. Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of

Concrete measures to benefit all citizens and enterprises with accessible road connections, renovated ports, job creation. The European perspective of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia takes shape also

“Looking at people to seek, in every situation, the presence of our brother who is in need of our help. Indeed, problems have political and economic implications along with management difficulties. However, they always show that there is a brother in front of us who needs our help, and this needs to be told.”
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Testimonies of Three Iraqi Students from Qaraqosh    -  Edward Pentin
Pubblicato il 25 giu 2018
Sally, Rashel and Rahma share their views on the challenges facing the

“We don’t seek unity as an end in itself. We want unity because we firmly believe that the Churches can give a credible contribution of unity at a time of fears, populism, xenophobia, conflicts and