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page.png THE ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS VISITING ROME AND THE VATICAN
The Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenians, Aram I, will be visiting Rome and the Vatican from November 23rd to 27th. The "important ecumenical event" was reported today by the Vatican radio station, relaying an official release. On November...
page.png Cyprus Sant’Egidio meeting concludes with appeal for peace
The annual International Meeting of Prayer for Peace, sponsored by the Community of Sant’Egidio, concluded yesterday in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia with an appeal for peace. ‘It is time to heed the sorrow of people, and to work for the...
page.png Sant'Egidio Peace Meeting Draws Orthodox
Orthodox, Catholics and people of other faiths are gathered together on the island of Cyprus to pray for a civilization of peace. The International Meeting of Prayer for Peace, traditionally sponsored by the Catholic lay Sant'Egidio Community, and...
page.png TURKEY: ANTIOCH, A LIBRARY SPECIALIZED IN SAINT PAUL
A library specialized in Saint Paul, with a Study Centre available to experts, religious, laymen and anybody intending to delve into the figure of the apostle of the peoples: this is the new "Saint Paul Cultural Centre", an initiative launched...
page.png EGYPT: FAVOUR FRATERNAL RELATIONS BETWEEN RELIGIONS
This morning in the Vatican, the Pope received the Letters of Credence of Lamia Aly Hamada Mekhemar, the new ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Holy See. In his address to her the Holy Father spoke of "Egypt's many efforts to favour...
page.png CATHOLIC-MUSLIM FORUM: OVERCOME PREJUDICES OF THE PAST
This morning in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received participants in the First Seminar of the Catholic-Muslim Forum. The event has been organised by the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue and by the 138 Muslim representatives who, on 13 October...
page.png FULL SUPPORT TO ORIENTAL CHURCHES
Mgr Nikola Eteroviæ, in his interview to the SIR, refers to some of the themes discussed at the Synod, i.e. the poor distribution of the Bible in certain regions of the world. "It is regretful that the Bible has been completely translated in...
page.png Ecumenism of Life
Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity,yesterday presented a new volume on Receptive Ecumenism at the Centro Pro Unione in Rome. He spoke about the need for a new type of encounter in the ecumenical movement...
page.png Message from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to Hindus
As in the past years, on the feast of Diwali, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has sent a message to all Hindus entitled: " Christians and Hindus: Together in Favor of Non-violence," signed by the President of the Pontifical...
page.png Two Jesuit priests in Moscow found brutally murdered in apartment
Two Jesuit priests were murdered brutally in Moscow after being attacked with blunt objects. Jesuit Fathers Otto Messmer, 47, and Victor Betancourt, 42, were found dead late Oct. 28 in their Moscow apartment. The Russian bishops' conference...
page.png PATRIARCH ALEXIUS II TO THE POPE, “COMMON VIEWS ON MANY QUESTIONS”
The Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, Alexius II, rejoices with Pope Benedict XVI "for the growing perspectives to develop good relationships and positive collaboration between our Churches". That's the message sent by the leader of the Russian...
page.png Ecumenism and the Synod
(20 Oct 08 - RV) On Saturday, Pope Benedict and the Bishops of the Synod celebrated Vespers in the presence of the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I. The Patriarch was also invited to address the Synod Fathers. The Secretary of the Pontifical Council...
page.png Pope Benedict XVI Attends Vespers in Sistine Chapel
(18 Oct 08 - RV) The spiritual leader of the Orthodox world, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I joined Pope Benedict and members of the synod today for a special celebration of vespers inside the Sistine Chapel. Philippa Hitchen reports... ...
page.png ISLAMO-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE: EUROPEAN CONFERENCE (CCEE-KEK) STARTED IN BRUSSELS
(From Chiara Biagioni, SIR's correspondent in Malines/Brussels) - Last night, Malines (Brussels) hosted the European Christian-Muslim Conference that from 20th to 23rd October will be gathering about fifty participants: delegates of the European Christian...
page.png ISLAM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE: A MEETING IN GENEVA FOR AN “ECUMENICAL APPROACH” TO ISLAM
Here's another initiative for Islam-Christian dialogue, promoted in Europe to respond to the letter "A common word" which exactly one year ago 138 Muslim sages and leaders sent to the heads of all the Christian Churches. Tomorrow, Cahavannes-de-Bogis,...
page.png Orthodox Delegate to Synod calls Pope the 'Visible Sign of Unity'
A representative of the Orthodox Church who addressed the world Synod of Bishops spoke of the Bishop of Rome as a sign of unity among Christians. Archimandrite Ignatios Sotiriadis, fraternal delegate from the Orthodox Church of Greece, spoke Saturday...
page.png NOTHING BRINGS CHRISTIANS TOGETHER LIKE THE BIBLE
Despite the differing interpretations of the Scriptures which have driven Christians away in the history of the Church, "The Bible has always been a shared heritage. Nothing brings the Churches and the Christian communities together like the Bible"...
page.png DISCOVERING GOD THROUGH ART
"I was born in Russia, the country of State atheism. I have never thought of God and nobody has ever told me about Him if not artworks, music and literature." This is the testimony of Natalja Fedorova Borovskaja, professor at the Russian State...
page.png TURKEY: A CATHOLIC DELEGATION, TOO, AT THE SIMPOSIUM OF ORTHODOX PATRIARCHS
"It is another important step in the ecumenical path. Apart from the presence of the most important patriarchs in the Orthodox world, a Catholic delegation was actually invited as well. Among others, the delegation is made up of Card. Andrea Lanza...
page.png RUMANIAN PRIME MINISTER TARICEANU UNVEILS THE NEW DIOCESE
The new premises of the Romanian Orthodox diocese of Italy, in Via Ardeatina 1741, Rome, will be officially opened on Thursday 9th October. The opening ceremony, which will be held from 03.30 pm to 04.30 pm, will be attended by the Rumanian Prime Minister,...
page.png THE SOLIDARITY OF SHIITES AND SUNNIS WITH THE CHRISTIAN MINORITY OF KIRKUK
Delegates of Arab, Turkish, Turkoman, Sunni and Shiite political and religious organisations visited the Chaldean bishopric in Kirkuk to express their solidarity with the Christian minority after the Iraqi Parliament had repealed, a few days ago, art....
page.png WHY IS NOBODY DOING ANYTHING IN ITALY AND EUROPE?
"We expected the repeal might be stayed, not revised. We are very worried". This was said by mgr. Shlemon Warduni, patriarchal vicar of Baghdad, who doesn't mince his words to highlight all the aversion of the Chaldeian Church for the repealing of art...
page.png UNITY IN DIVERSITY IN THE EUROPEAN CHURCHES
(From SIR Europa's correspondent in Esztergom - Hungary) - "If we have to denounce some misinformation, sometimes fairly serious, about the Church, we must add that the Church does not suffer from self-pity and responds responsibly, proposing on...
page.png Special message from Benedetto XVI to Alessio II
To His Holiness Alexy II Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia The visit of His Eminence Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Archbishop of Naples, offers me the occasion to extend to Your Holiness my cordial and fraternal greetings in the Lord. I have a...
page.png LET THE PILGRIMS CELEBRATE IN TARSUS
The Mass that was celebrated in Tarsus yesterday in "Paul's Church" was a highlight of the pilgrimage of a delegation of nine German bishops in Turkey, led by card. Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne. "In the Pauline year, we wish to...
page.png CCEE: PLENARY OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE BISHOPS’ CONFERENCES OF EUROPE ON CHURCH AND MEDIA
Church and Media, dialogue between Catholics and Orthodox, between Christians and Muslims, projects of collaboration with the Church in Africa and in Latin America, and the works of European institutions. Those subjects are the core of the meeting of...
page.png Christians and Muslims: Together for the dignity of the family
Vatican Marks End of Ramadan with Message for Muslims. As the fundamental cell of society, the family is equally respected in the Christian world as it is in the Muslim world, cardinal Tauran says. It is where one learns to respect others and be mindful...
page.png MANY PILGRIMS IN TARSUS BUT THERE’S NO CHURCH YET
"Since 22nd June, it has been an uninterrupted succession of pilgrims coming from many countries, mostly from Italy, Germany, Spain and France. No day passes without groups of devotees arriving in Tarsus, an incredible bustle compared with the past...
page.png THE CHRISTIAN ROOTS OF EUROPE. 80 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN MOSCOW
A pilgrimage to Moscow and Saint Petersburg as a journey in search of the Christian roots of Europe. This is the tour that will be covered by the about eighty scholarship holders of the Catholic University Centre, established by the Italian Bishops Conference...
page.png A MESSAGE OF PEACE TO THE “MUSLIM BROTHERS” FOR THE RAMADAN
A message to wish well to the "Muslim brothers" at the beginning of the month of the Ramadan and to invoke "peace on the Iraqi nation". The archbishop of Kirkuk, mgr. Louis Sako, gave it yesterday to the Islamic leaders of his city:...
page.png Pope Sends Blessing to New Church in Russia
Cardinal Angelo Sodano is bearing the blessing of Benedict XVI to a new church constructed in Kazan, where authorities of the Muslim-majority city have made the worship site possible. Kazan, the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan, will be...
page.png Milan Cardinal to Visit Alexy II
The archbishop and auxiliary bishops of Milan, as well as 80 of their priests, have set off for Russia to visit Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II. Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi and Auxiliary Bishops Carlo Redaelli and Giulio Brambilla left for Russia today...
page.png Was the Founder of Taizé Protestant, or Catholic?
In an interview published on the feast of the Assumption in "L'Osservatore Romano," Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the pontifical council for the promotion of Christian unity, solved a riddle concerning the founder of the multi-confessional...
page.png World Council of Churches Celebrates 60 Years
This weekend in Amsterdam, celebrations are taking place to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the World Council of Churches. We spoke to Rev Dr Samuel Kobia from the Methodist Church in Kenya is General Secretary of the WCC – he told...
page.png Orissa: Vatican expresses solidarity to victims; Indian bishop calls events shameful for the state
The Holy See has called on everyone to rebuild an atmosphere of dialogue and reconciliation. Cardinal Gracias, who chairs the conference of Indian bishops, accuses the government of being too slow in acting and the police of being ineffective. He expresses...
page.png In Kirkuk Christian and Muslim leaders pray for peace in the country
Kirkuk (AsiaNews) - In the last two days attacks by suicide bombers and car bombs have sown death and destruction among the civilian population and targeted government and other political leaders. But there are also signs of hope, people who do not want...
page.png Pope: may the international community help end hostilities in Georgia and Ossetia
The pope hopes that the violence in Georgia and south Ossetia may come to an end, and calls upon "the international community and the most influential countries in the current situation to make every effort to support and promote initiatives aimed...
page.png Solzhenitsyn: the face of 20th-century Russia
by Stefano Caprio The author of the Gulag Archipelago was a scholar of the 19th century who foresaw the contradictions of the third millennium. His return after exile, in 1994, marked the end of Soviet Russia even more than Gorbachev's glasnost did....
page.png HOLY SEE-IRAQ: BENEDICT XVI TO AL-MALIKI, “STOP VIOLENCE”
A condemnation of the violence that is affecting Iraq, including the Christian communities, and a wish that "the way to peace and development may be firmly found through dialogue and cooperation between all the ethnic and religious groups":...
page.png CHRISTIANS FOR 1020 YEARS, THE INITIATIVES OF THE CATHOLIC AND ORTHODOX CHURCHES
The Christian Churches of Ukraine are getting ready to celebrate the 1020th anniversary of the Christianisation of the Ukrainian people, "one of history's epoch-making moments", as it was defined by the Catholic bishops, in a press release published...
page.png Bartholomew I in Kiev
From July 25-27, ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew I will visit Kiev to preside over the celebrations for the 1020 years of the Christianization of Ukraine. The visit should help to unite the Orthodox world, often divided by nationalism. At the solemn...
page.png I joyfully greet you in the name of the Lord Jesus, the "cornerstone" of the "household of God"
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I give heartfelt thanks to God for this opportunity to meet and pray with all of you who have come here representing various Christian communities in Australia. Grateful for Bishop Forsyth's and Cardinal Pell's...
page.png THE WORLD’S FUTURE DEPENDS ON DIALOGUE
Pope Benedict XVI's "blessing" to Madrid's interreligious conference which, thanks to an initiative of the Muslim World League, has gathered about 200 Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious authorities in Madrid between July 16 and 18. Card....
page.png CCEE AND KEK IN ROMANIA ONE YEAR AFTER THE ASSEMBLY IN SIBIU
One year after the Third European Ecumenical Assembly, two delegations of Ccee and Kek (the two organisations that promoted the event) met the leaders of the Churches in Sibiu on Saturday July 12th in Sibiu: the Orthodox metropolitan bishop, the bishops...
page.png STRENGTHENED THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CHURCHES
"For the Romanian Orthodox Church, the ecumenical assembly of Sibiu was important, especially because delegations from all over Europe had the opportunity to experience the Orthodox spirituality, mostly by attending our liturgies". This was...
page.png FATIMA: A RUSSIAN ICON IN THE APPARITION CHAPEL
“I will ask consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart”, said the Virgin Mary to the shepherd boys of Fatima in 1917. Today – it is written in a press release by the Fatima Sanctuary (www.santuario-fatima.pt) -, 91 years after that...
page.png A Journey with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference for Ecumenism and Inter-religion Dialogue
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea (CBCK) began a series of inter-faith meetings with Buddhists, Confucians, Protestants, Anglicans, Orthodox and representatives of Korea's traditional religions. Called A Journey with the Catholic Bishop's...
page.png HELP MUSLIMS “TO SEPARATE RELIGION FROM POLITICS”
"The hope of Islam lies in Europe. Unless a European Islam is born, fights will go on. Europe might help the dialogue with and integration of Muslims if only it could rediscover its own Christian culture". This was said in an interview with...
page.png Pope says Church Hierarchical but Familial
(30 June 08 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI met with 40 Metropolitan Archbishops and their families Monday, the day after he had bestowed the Pallium upon them during mass in St Peter's Basilica. Communion and the order of president in the Church, symbolised...
page.png 42 new archbishops appointed in the past twelve months will receive the Pallium
On Sunday 29 June Feast of Saints Peter and Paul the Holy Father Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass in St Peter's Basilica, with the participation of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. Some 42 Archbishops from all over the world appointed in the past 12...
page.png Orthodox Patriarch Says Dialogue Is Progressing
The Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople says dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches is going forward, despite "considerable difficulties that exist and the well-known problems." Patriarch Bartholomew I affirmed this in his...
page.png Pauline Year Seen as Invitation for All Christians
Benedict XVI says the newly inaugurated Pauline Jubilee Year is an invitation to every Christian to be a missionary of the Gospel. The Pope affirmed this Sunday before praying the Angelus with thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square. On Saturday,...
page.png PAULINE YEAR: THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES REPRESENTED AT THE OPENING OF JUNE 28
For the opening of the Pauline Year dedicated to the Apostle of People on the second millennium of his birth, Saturday June 28 at 6 pm, in the Basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura, Benedict XVI will celebrate the first Vespers of the day of Saints Peter...
page.png Cardinal Walter Kasper Returns from Turkey
President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, Cardinal Walter Kasper, has returned from Turkey, where he led celebrations in Tarsus marking the birth of St Paul. ...
page.png Moscow patriarchate abandons work for preparation of pan-Orthodox synod
Istanbul (AsiaNews) - The Orthodox patriarchate of Moscow has announced its withdrawal from the pan-Orthodox conference being held on the island of Rhodes, aimed at preparing for the synod that will take place in October in Constantinople.  As...
page.png THE MIDDLE EAST RISKS EMPTYING OUT OF CHRISTIANS
“God is the source of freedom and truth, and testifying Christ does not mean being fanatics. During the war, our churches have welcomed everyone, with no distinction of ethnic group or faith, and so did our schools and our welfare facilities....
page.png THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI WILL SOLEMNLY OPEN AND CLOSE THE PAULINE YEAR
OPENING OF THE PAULINE YEAR June 28th 2008 at 5pm - Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls You must have a ticket to take part in the liturgy of Vespers for the opening of the Pauline Year presided over by the Holy Father Benedict XVI on...
page.png Christians and Muslims: religious freedom to avoid clash of civilisations
It is urgent to find a "third way" for dialogue between Christians and Islam, one that would avoid a "triumphalism" closed in on itself, but also relativism in regard to the truth; it is important to read the new signs of openness...
page.png Archbishop Fouad Twal is the new Latin patriarch of Jerusalem
As of today, Archbishop Fouad Twal is the new Latin patriarch of Jerusalem.  Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation presented by His Beatitude Michel Sabbah, whose coadjutor Archbishop Twal has been since 2005. The new patriarch was born in...
page.png Pakistani Church; Poor and Oppressed but Full of Vitality and Courage
 The Catholic Church in Pakistan faces a grim reality as it struggles to cope with unprecedented economic and political turmoil, the high cost of living and limited resources. That was the message of the President of the Pakistani Bishop's Conference...
page.png CARD. BERTONE IN BYELORUSSIA: THE “NEW GOSPEL” OF FREEDOM
"In accordance with the Gospels, freedom is a fruit maturing under the sun of truth. A certain modern culture, especially in the West, upsets this principle, replacing it with the following one: ‘you'll practice freedom, and freedom will make...
page.png Cardinal Bertone Arrives in Belarus
Benedict XVI's secretary of state arrived today in Belarus for an official visit to the former Soviet country. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone was greeted at the airport in Minsk by Archbishop Martin Vidovich, the apostolic nuncio to Belarus, and bishops...
page.png Iraq - SYSTEMATIC VIOLENCE AGAINST CHRISTIANS
Threatened and hurt by systematic violence, but with vivid and strong faith. Thus Msgr. Crispin Hollis, managing the International Affairs Department of the English Bishops’ Conference, described the Iraqi Christian community. During a Mass “for...
page.png A ROAD MAP FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
"A sort of road map with concrete proposals to be submitted to priests, bishops and all the other brothers and sisters": Card. Jean-Louis Tauran spoke those words during the annual plenary assembly of the Papal Council for interreligious dialogue,...
page.png TURKEY: OPENING OF THE PAULINE YEAR - THE PRESENCE OF ERDOGAN IS WELCOME
"The presence of Premier Erdogan at the ceremony would be meaningful and much appreciated. His participation would further underline the importance of this Year. We are waiting for an answer". Those words (today visible at agensir.it) were told...
page.png SAINT COLOMBANO AND THE “CHRISTIAN ROOTS” OF EUROPE
"A man of great culture and rich in the gifts of grace, both as an indefatigable builder of monasteries and an uncompromising penitential preacher, he spent all his energies in feeding the Christian roots of the Europe that was being born"....
page.png CATHOLICS AND ORTHODOX TOWARDS A “COUNCIL FOR MORALITY IN THE MEDIA MEDIA”
The diocese of Moscow said it is "in favour of" the birth of a "Social Council for morality in the Russian Federal TV channels", an idea put forward a few months ago by the Orthodox Press Club, now being developed. The initiative -...
page.png Jerusalem Prelate Urges Leaders to be Courageous
 Just a few days before his installation as the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal is inviting political leaders of the area to have "more courage and less fear." Archbishop Twal, 67, is set to be installed as patriarch June 22...
page.png Dialogue in veritate et caritate: Pastoral orientations
Eminence, Dear Brothers Bishop, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to have this opportunity to meet you at the conclusion of the Tenth Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. To all of you taking part in...
page.png Pope: protection of human rights and interreligious dialogue, in service of evangelisation
In the missionary activity necessary in countries like Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, the Catholic bishops must on the one hand ensure that "the Christian Gospel is in no way confused in their minds with secular principles associated with the ...
page.png Iraq’s Christian cultural heritage belongs to all, let us save it!
Kirkuk’s Chaldean archbishop appeals to UNESCO. The Christian exodus from Iraq jeopardises the survival of churches and manuscripts found nowhere else in the world. The United Nations and the international community should do something. Read...
page.png WCC, PEACE ACTION WEEK IN JERUSALEM STARTING TODAY
The “Week of action for peace in the Middle East”, promoted by the World Church Council (Wcc), an ecumenical event with Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox devotees from over 100 countries engaged in prayer and awareness raising campaigns...
page.png Pope’s and world’s solidarity help us go on, says Burmese bishop
In Myanmar at least 60 per cent of the 2.4 million survivors of cyclone Nargis have not yet received any aid; yet the government has decided to reopen schools in the affected areas despite the lack of security and proper sanitary conditions for pupils...
page.png I cannot shut God's house
He could have run away, saved himself, but he went to meet his destiny without fear. Fr Ragheed Gani, killed one year ago in Iraq, died because up until the very end he remained convinced that Christians should not be afraid, that "God's house cannot...
page.png Pope writes Aleksij II
To His Holiness Alexis II Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia The visit to Russia of His Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper offers me a welcome opportunity to extend my cordial greetings, to express my esteem for your ministry in the Russian...
page.png CDF Decree on Priestly Ordinations of Women
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a general decree regarding the priestly ordination of women. Signed by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal William Joseph Levada, the decree was published...
page.png DIALOGUE MUST DEVELOP EVEN MORE
“Interest in the life of the Orthodox Church is very important for dialogue between our Churches”. It was said by Alexius II, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, to the President of the Papal Council for the Unity of Christians, card. Walter...
page.png In New York, Maronite patriarch discusses plight of Lebanese
The people of Lebanon will sow justice and reap the gift of peace, said Cardinal Nasrallah P. Sfeir, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, on a visit to New York from his beleaguered country. At a Mass offered May 15 at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral...
page.png CARD. BERTONE’S VISIT, PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO INVITES THE POPE
“Ukraine deeply appreciates the Pope’s commitment to promoting the respect of universal values and peace all over the world”. This is a passage from the President’s release, relayed today by the Catholic press agency Risu, after...
page.png CHRISTIANS INCREASINGLY FORGOTTEN AND ISOLATED
"Iraqi Christians feel isolated and forgotten because of the deep silence of the international community and the Church itself, apart from the Pope and some European Bishops. I ask the Churches of the West to comfort us by effectively helping us...
page.png “DID WE TAKE JESUS’ WILL SERIOUSLY?”
The division of the Christians is "in contradiction" with "the will of Christ, who prayed for everybody to be one thing just before he died". Yesterday, those words were spoken by Card. Walter Kasper, president of the Papal del Council...
page.png Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Dear brothers and sisters: In the course of the catechesis on the Fathers of the Church, I would like to speak today about a very mysterious figure: a theologian from the sixth century, whose name is not known, and who wrote under the pseudonym...
page.png ECUMENICAL CELEBRATION WITH PATRIARCH KAREKIM II
On May 9th the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II who was visiting Rome with a delegation of eighteen bishops and archbishops, came to the Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls to preside at an ecumenical...
page.png Plenary Indulgence Offered for Pauline Year
Benedict XVI is offering those who visit the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls a chance to get a plenary indulgence during the Pauline Jubilee Year. The indulgence was announced in a decree made public Saturday and signed by Cardinal James Stafford...
page.png Lebanese archbishop calls for reconciliation amid violent clashes
BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNS) -- After several days of violence, a Lebanese archbishop called on sectarian groups to reconcile peacefully and urged the Vatican to help. "The Lebanese do not at all want war. We are insisting that the Christian political...
page.png CHRISTIANS, AN ALARMING DECLINE
May “the increasing friendship between Israel and the Holy See” help give “confidence to the Christian community”, infusing into it the “hope in a future of peace and security in the land of its ancestors, without feeling...
page.png Benedict XVI's Pentecost Homily
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The account of the event of Pentecost that we heard in the first reading is placed by St. Luke at the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles. The second chapter is introduced with these words: "When the time for...
page.png Patriarch: Modernity Demands Christian Unity
The Armenian Apostolic Church and the Catholic Church have a duty to be ever more united in their defense of human rights, said Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. The patriarch affirmed this today at a press conference at Vatican Radio, shortly...
page.png HOLY FATHER PRAISES VITALITY OF THE MELKITE CHURCH
VATICAN CITY, 8 MAY 2008 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received 300 members of the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate, headed by His Beatitude, Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, who are on pilgrimage to Rome. The Pope praised...
page.png Ecumenic celebration: Dear Brothers in Christ
Your Holiness, Dear Brothers in Christ, It is with heartfelt joy that I welcome Your Holiness, and the distinguished delegation accompanying you. I cordially greet the prelates, priests and lay-people who represent the worldwide family of...
page.png BENEDICT XVI: TO THE GREEK-MELKITE CATHOLIC CHURCH, APPEAL FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
A new appeal for the unity of the Christians: the Pope is talking about the urgency of the ecumenical commitment again this morning, at the Vatican, by meeting the believers of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church, accompanied by His Blessedness Gregory...
page.png FREIBURG UNIVERSITY, MEETING ON IRAQI CHRISTIANS
“Christians of Iraq: a forgotten community?”: this is the subject of the conference jointly promoted by the Faculty of Theology of Freiburg university and the Basmat Al-Qarib association, due to take place on Friday 9th May (at 5 pm) in...
page.png BENEDICT XVI: AUDIENCE, “HOPE” FOR THE “FULL UNITY OF ALL CHRISTIANS”
“His presence today revives in us the hope of a full unity of all Christians”. With these words, the Pope greeted His Holiness the Catholicos Karekin II, the Supreme patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians, accompanied by a delegation, at...
page.png WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF THE ONLY FATHER
A fraternal hug sealed by an Armenian song ended the greetings exchanged in Saint Peter’s Square between Pope Benedict XVI and His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians, before the Wednesday general audience began...
page.png LET THE WEST SPEAK UP BEFORE THE TRAGEDY
"The United Nations must take care of the Iraqi refugees in Jordan (1 million, editor’s note), including 25 thousand Christians. Jordan is a small country and cannot receive all this mass of people. Thousands are still arriving, including Shiites,...
page.png For Christians and Muslims, faith and reason do not conflict and are nonviolent
Faith and reason are both gifts of God, do not contradict each other and are by nature nonviolent, even if sometimes they have been used to justify violence.  This appears to the central conclusion of the meeting held at  the Vatican between...
page.png The Catholic Messenger
Moscow (AsiaNews) - Last week, the new Catholic monthly of the archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow was launched, "The Catholic Messenger - Sviet Yevangelia" (the light of the Gospel, in the photo).  The name itself demonstrates...
page.png Orthodox Easter
The Eastern Rite Churches, Orthodox and Catholics alike, celebrate Easter on Sunday, April 27. Why an entire month after our own celebration of the feast? The Council of Nicea, held in 325, discussed and defined the "Easter matter," among those...
page.png Your Resurrection, O Christ, has saved us
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL THE RUSSIAS Alexis II, baptized Alexei Michailovich Ridiger, born in Tallinn, in Estonia, in 1929, took the patriarchal throne of Moscow on 10 June 1990, three days after his election. The...
page.png Pope: Bishops in Former USSR Face Difficulties
Bishops in the former Soviet Union countries of the southern Caucasus region still face many difficult situations, though the "flame of the Gospel" still persists, Benedict XVI says. The Pope affirmed this today when he received in audience...
page.png Message to Russians Reveals Warmhearted Pope
Benedict XVI's video message to the people of Russia gave viewers a look at the "warmhearted" Pope of "great dignity," affirmed the Russia specialist for Aid to the Church in Need. Peter Humeniuk gave this analysis of the response...
page.png European Committee Meets to Plan Future Encounters
European Christians and Muslims are intensifying dialogue and planning future encounters focused on building bridges between the two faiths. The Committee for Relations With Muslims in Europe, established by the Conference of European Churches and...
page.png ISRAEL STOPS RELATIVES’ VISITS TO PALESTINIAN PRISONERS
Concern has been voiced yesterday evening by Katharina Ritz, head of the Red Cross Committee in Jerusalem (Icrc), about Israel suspending relatives’ visits to the Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons. For the families of Gaza who have...
page.png THE COUNTRY CANNOT LOSE ITS CHRISTIANS
“I am glad to learn about the requests that some countries of the European union have made to us about taking in Europe the Iraqi Christian refugees, but we must also work so that Christians will never have to leave Iraq again”. This was...
page.png Et resurrexit tertia die secundum Scripturas
Dear brothers and sisters "'Et resurrexit tertia die secundum Scripturas' -- on the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures." Every Sunday, we renew our profession of faith in the resurrection of Christ with the Creed...
page.png Anderson: Pope to Bring "Revolution of Virtue"
Benedict XVI will bring with him to the United States this month a "revolution of virtue," says the leader the Knights of Columbus. Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, in Rome today to present his book "A Civilization of Love: What Every...
page.png JOHN PAUL II: BENEDICT XVI, THE "DO NOT BE AFRAID" AND THE LAST WAY OF THE CROSS
"You, you don't be afraid!". The words of the angel of resurrection, said to the women at the empty sepulchre, "have become a sort of slogan on the lips of Pope John Paul II, since the solemn beginning of his Peter's ministry". It...
page.png A EUROPEAN DAY OF INCLUSION
From Saint Petersburg comes the proposal of creating a European Day of Inclusion and Intercultural Tolerance. Lluís Maria de Puig, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, is in the Russian city to attend a conference on...
page.png Church in France Receives Converts From Islam
Between 150 and 200 Muslims convert to Catholicism each year in France, many of them the children of mixed marriages, reported a French daily. According to the April 2 edition of Le Monde, the topic has been little discussed in recent years. But...
page.png SO MANY CHRISTIANS STILL KILLED ACROSS THE WORLD
“Men and women who did not live for themselves”, “a scandal for the world of the twentieth century”, which, like this century, made the “save yourself” “its supreme law”. With these words, Andrea Riccardi,...
page.png JEWISH PRAYER, NO CHANGE IN THE DOCTRINE OF THE COUNCIL. NO TO ANTISEMITISM
Because of "grief in some areas of the Jewish world" after the publication of the new Oremus et pro Iudaeis for the 1962 Missale Romanum, "the Holy See ensures that the new wording did by no means intend to express any change in the position...
page.png St. Benedict and the key to European unity
At his regular weekly public audience on April 9, Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) spoke about the enormous influence of his namesake, St. Benedict. Speaking to about 22,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square, the Holy Father resumed his series of...
page.png I Am Coming, Sent by Jesus Christ, to Bring You His Word of Life
Dear Brothers and Sisters in the United States of America, The grace and peace of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you! In just a few days from now, I shall begin my apostolic visit to your beloved country. Before setting off,...
page.png Terror bomb hits cathedral in Philippines
Manila, Apr. 14, 2008  - Terrorists linked with Al Qaida are suspected of organizing a Sunday bomb attack on a Catholic cathedral in the Philippines. No one was injured by an explosive device that was detonated in the early morning hours...
page.png Oremus pro conversione Judaeorum
The protests of some Jews, and also of some Christians, over the new prayer introduced by Benedict XVI into the liturgy of Good Friday according to the ancient rite have met with a new and authoritative response from the Vatican: that of cardinal Walter Kasper...
page.png Islam and Christianity in Europe
"Islam, Christianity and Europe": this is the title of a sequence of four workshops that will take place in Brussels until September, one of the initiatives for 2008 as the Year of Intercultural Dialogue. The proposal comes from Comece (Commission...
page.png Discourse N.1 - White House Welcome
Mr. President, Thank you for your gracious words of welcome on behalf of the people of the United States of America. I deeply appreciate your invitation to visit this great country. My visit coincides with an important moment in the life of the Catholic...
page.png IGNORED AND FORGOTTEN CHRISTIANS
“The Christians of the United Kingdom must support and answer the needs of the Christians in the Holy Land, who feel ignored and forgotten”. The appeal was made by Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, Anglican leader of the Church of...
page.png Slain Mosul Archbishop Urged Iraqi Unity
The final testament from the slain archbishop of Mosul does not bequeath any material goods to anyone, but it has a spiritual message encouraging ties of brotherhood among all Iraqis. Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho was kidnapped Feb. 29 outside of...
page.png A Faithful Witness to the Gospel Is As Urgent As Ever
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, My heart abounds with gratitude to Almighty God -- "the Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all" (Eph 4:6) -- for this blessed opportunity to gather with you this evening in prayer....
page.png Human Rights: Must Be Respected As an Expression of Justice
Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen, As I begin my address to this Assembly, I would like first of all to express to you, Mr President, my sincere gratitude for your kind words. My thanks go also to the Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, for inviting...
page.png God of Peace, Bring Your Peace to Our Violent World
O God of love, compassion, and healing, look on us, people of many different faiths and traditions, who gather today at this site, the scene of incredible violence and pain. We ask you in your goodness to give eternal light and peace to all...
page.png LIFE IS HARD BUT WE WANT TO STAY HERE
"We feel in a prison with no roof, but we trust Jesus and remain here for Him". This account was given to the youth of the Mediterranean Agora (in pilgrimage to the Holy Land from 14 April, and coming back today), by Charlie Abu Saada, Melkite...
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page.png BARACK OBAMA: THE REACTION OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN BISHOPS
"The hope aroused by this day is that an age of peace and harmony will begin, that there will be no more wars, not event preventative wars". From Iraq, a country that has never been so bonded to the US before, here are the first comments of...
page.png Relations with Catholics and ecology are our priorities, says Bartholomew I
"The dialogue with Catholics is part of our priorities and the path to ecumenism is a one-way street," said Bartholomew I who spoke to AsiaNews. The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is still "very much honoured and touched" by...
page.png CUBA: KIRILL (PATRIARCHATE OF MOSCOW) IN LATIN AMERICA AND OPENING TO THE CATHOLIC MEDIA
Kirill, metropolitan bishop of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, president of the Department for ecclesiastic foreign relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, went to Cuba to unveil an Orthodox Cathedral in Havana on October 19th. The day after, October 20th, he met card...
page.png MESSAGE OF THE PRIMATES OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCHES
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 1. Through the Grace of God, the Primates and the Representatives of the local Orthodox Churches have gathered from 10-12 October, 2008, in the Phanar, at the invitation and under...
page.png Patriarch Bartholomew at the Official Opening of the Pauline Symposium
We offer praise and glory to the Trinitarian God for the spiritual banquet that lies before us and that we are blessed officially to open this afternoon following the successful conclusion this morning of a historical Synaxis, which has gathered the Heads...
page.png Patriarch Bartholomew at the Synaxis of the Heads of Orthodox Churches
1. We offer praise and glory to the Trinitarian God that we have been counted worthy once again to gather in the same place, here at this Sacred Center, as persons entrusted by His mercy with the ministry of leadership in the local most holy Autocephalous...
page.png PATRIARCH DANIEL’S MESSAGE TO THE EPISCOPAL SYNOD
«The theme of the Episcopal Synod, "God's Word in the life and in the Mission of the Church", is one of the shared concerns of our churches». This was said by Daniel, Patriarch of the Rumanian Orthodox Church, in a message to the...
page.png Orthodox Churches begin journey toward their grand synod
To call within 2009, at the proposal of the ecumenical patriarch, a series of pan-Orthodox meetings to prepare for the Orthodox grand synod, awaited for centuries, and to prepare to face in a collegial manner the challenges of a world that is increasingly...
page.png THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH WITHDRAWS FROM THE EUROPEAN CHURCH CONFERENCE (KEK)
On Saturday 11th October, during the meeting of the Central Committee of the Conference of European Churches (Kek), the Orthodox Church of Moscow announced it will no longer be a member of the European body. The reason for such withdrawal - states a release,...
page.png MONS. SAKO : ”STOP THE ATTACKS”
The violence that over these days has affected Mosul, with the death of 6 Christians, including a disabled shopkeeper, has driven mgr. Louis Sako to make an appeal today, in his quality as the president of the Commission for Inter-Religious Dialogue...
page.png “WHY ARE CHRISTIANS KILLED AND DENIED THEIR RIGHTS?”
“Cold-blooded murders and Christians terrorised in Mosul, the repeal of art. 50 which deprives the minorities of their representatives within the provincial councils. Why, we ask the world, do the Iraqi Christians have to suffer such attacks? Why...
page.png CARD. DELLY (BAGHDAD) “WE HOPE IT WILL END WELL”
“A decision that does not make us unhappy, but, after the peaceful rallies and the signs of solidarity, we hope this will end well”. From Rome, where he is taking part in the Episcopal Synod, card. Mar Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch of Baghdad...
page.png Politics is also trying to wipe out Iraqi Christians
The archbishop of Kirkuk launches an appeal to the government and to UN representatives, for the protection of Christians and other minorities, excluded from the new law that will regulate the provincial elections. Yesterday, in all of Iraqi Kurdistan,...
page.png Ukrainian Bishop Up for Canonization
The first Ukrainian Salesian of the Byzantine-Ukrainian rite might be recognized as a saint. The Synod of the Ukrainian Byzantine-Catholic Church, meeting at Lviv earlier this month, agreed to a request from the Salesians to introduce the process...
page.png TURKEY: DELEGATION OF GERMAN BISHOPS MAKING A PILGRIMAGE TO TARSUS
A delegation of 10 German bishops led by Card. Joachim Meisner left for a five-day pilgrimage to Istanbul and Tarsus yesterday. The auxiliary bishop of Hamburg, Msgr. Hans-Jochen Jaschke, participates in the journey, too. Msgr. Hans-Jochen Jaschke is...
page.png BARTHOLOMEW I AT EU
"Europe must include Turkey in its integration plan"; at the same time, "Turkey must promote dialogue and tolerance in the country" and the protection of the fundamental rights, "such as religious freedoms". Bartholomew I,...
page.png PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I AT THE EU PARLIAMENT
Within the initiatives promoted by the European Parliament for the Year of Intercultural Dialogue, the ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is speaking at the Brussels Hemicycle on September 24th, during the plenary session. The objective of the European...
page.png IN DECEMBER, ALEXIUS II’S VISIT TO AUSTRIA
"Inspired by ecumenism": this will be the inspiration behind the journey that the patriarch of Moscow, Alexius II, will make in Austria, from 20 to 23 December. This was stated by the Russian Orthodox Bishop of Vienna, Hilarion (Alfejew). During...
page.png ORTHODOX RUMANIANS: PRESIDENT BASESCU TOO AT THE BLESSING OF THE NEW ITALIAN PREMISES
The president of Romania too, Traian Basescu, will attend, on Sunday 7th September in Rome, the Divine Liturgy that will be celebrated in via Ardeatina 1741, a few kilometres from the sanctuary of the Divine Love for the blessing of the new headquarters...
page.png New Catholic church to be "dedicated" in Kazan on Friday
Moscow (AsiaNews) - The new Catholic church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (in the photo) will be "dedicated" next Friday, August 29, in Kazan, in the republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation. The place is especially important...
page.png THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVES TO DEMOCRACY
"There are no alternatives to democracy". It was declared to SIR by Msgr. Luigi Padovese today, the apostolic vicar of Anatolia and president of the Turkish Bishops' Conference, on the day after the massacre happened in Istanbul yesterday, after...
page.png The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I in Kiev
The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, arrived this morning at Boryspil airport, in Kiev, on the invitation of the Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko to attend the celebrations for the 1020th anniversary of the Christianisation of Kiev...
page.png ORTHODOX CHURCH: ROMANIA, RELICS OF SAINT PAUL AS A GIFT FROM A GREEK MONASTERY
The Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate will be presented by the Greek Orthodox monastery of “Panagia Soumela” with fragments of the relic of the Apostle Paul, on the occasion of the Pauline Year. It has been announced by the Patriarch Daniel,...
page.png UKRAINE: CARD. SANDRI, ONLY THE POPE MAY ESTABLISH JUST ONE PATRIARCHATE
"The problem of the Ukrainian Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate - it is stated at the Ukrainian site of religious information Risu (www.risu.org.ua) - is within the scope of the Pope only; and in solving it, one should take into consideration the consequences...
page.png The Russian Orthodox Church reacts to the decision taken by the General Synod of Church of England
The Russian Orthodox Church reacts to the decision taken by the General Synod of the Church of England to start the procedure for the ordination of women as bishops. "This decision - says the spokesperson of the Patriarchate of Moscow, Igor...
page.png Rumanian Orthodox Church decided to “forgive” the metropolitan bishop Nicolae Corneanu of Banat
Yesterday, the Holy Synod of the Rumanian Orthodox Church decided to "forgive" the metropolitan bishop Nicolae Corneanu of Banat, who "had taken Communion" during a Greek-Catholic Mass in Timisoara on May 25th. Along with the metropolitan...
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page.png THE MIDDLE EAST: CARD. SANDRI, “THE CHRISTIANS RISK DISAPPEARING”
"The Middle East is the great hope and the great preoccupation of Benedict XVI and the Church". It was stated by Card. Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches, in an interview with the weekly of the diocese of Trento...
page.png Patriarch's Homily for Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul
Holy Father: Brothers and Sisters, The great feast of Saints Peter and Paul -- patrons of this Church of Rome and, together with the other apostles, pillars of the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church -- brings to us every year the welcome...
page.png The Final Word Will Not Be Left to Hatred
Holy Sepulcher - Sunday, June 22, 2008 Fouad Twal Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Your Eminence Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher, Your Excellency Archbishop Antonio Franco, Nuncio and Apostolic...
page.png Orthodox leader suggests "dual unity" for Eastern Catholics
The Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople has responded favorably to a suggestion by the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church for a system of "dual unity" in which Byzantine Catholic churches would be in full communion with both Constantinople and Rome...
page.png RUMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: THE PATRIARCHATE LAUNCHES A PRESS AGENCY
The Rumanian Orthodox Patriarchate launches its own press agency, "Basilica". The new Patriarch Daniel has always been interested in mass media. When he was a metropolitan bishop in Iasi, he launched a newspaper and a radio that eventually covered...
page.png RUSSIA: ORDINATION OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST ON 24TH MAY
First ordination of a presbyter for the archbishop who’s been leading the diocese of Moscow since last autumn: Italian Msgr. Paolo Pezzi. On Saturday 24th May, in Saint Petersburg, in the Catholic Church of Assumption, Msgr. Pezzi is ordaining...
page.png IMPORTANT FOR RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO CHURCHES
An "important" visit, especially for the "relations between the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church". That's how mgr. Paolo Pezzi, archbishop of Moscow, looks at the trip that card. Walter Kasper, President of the Papal Council...
page.png Iraqi bishops against death penalty for Archbishop Rahho's killer
Death sentence for Ahmad Ali Ahmad, a member of al-Qaeda involved in the kidnapping and killing of the bishop of Mosul in March. Bishop Warduni and Archbishop Sako recall that the Church is inspired by forgiveness and reconciliation. But the event still...
page.png Russicum College Seen as Missionary Center
The Pontifical Russicum College, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary, has always been a center of missionary and evangelizing action, according to the Benedict XVI's secretary of state. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone affirmed this Thursday in a...
page.png Bartholomew I on science and protection of the environment
An appeal for the protection of the environment and a call for scientific research to return to moral criteria are the proposals of Bartholomew I, whose long commitment to environmental issues has earned him the title of the "green patriarch",...
page.png Patriarch: President Is "Top Priority" for Lebanon
The election of president in Lebanon is a "top priority" for the country, the Maronite patriarch of Antioch told the U.N. Security Council at the beginning of his visit to the United States. Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir addressed the...
page.png ON SUNDAY, CEREMONY IN THE FORMER LAGER OF MAUTHAUSEN
On May 18th, the former concentration camp of Mauthausen will host an ecumenical celebration. Organised to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the release of the prisoners from the lager, the celebration will be officiated by the bishop of the diocese of Linz, mgr...
page.png Russian Patriarch welcomes Islamic leaders' bid for dialogue
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II has responded to the 138 Islamic leaders of the "Common Word" initiative, saying that Christians and Muslims should find ways to cooperate in support of common moral principles. "Today Christianity...
page.png Russian Orthodox leader calls council for June
Patriarch Alexei II of Moscow plans to convene all the bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church for a council in June, the KAI news agency reports. The council-- to be held at the Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow, June 24- 29-- will focus primarily...
page.png Maronite patriarch fears Lebanon near collapse
Maronite Catholic Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir has warned that the nation of Lebanon is close to collapse, the AsiaNews service reports. As Lebanon marked the 30th anniversary of the outbreak of a devastating civil war, Cardinal Sfeir described his country...
page.png Pope to Greet Russians With TV Message
Russia will mark Benedict XVI's 81st birthday Wednesday by offering a chance to learn about the life of the German Pontiff, and to hear a televised greeting from him to the Russian people. A state television channel will broadcast a documentary sponsored...
page.png Benedict's encyclical "Spe Salvi" presented in Russia
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Mocow, Paolo Pezzi, and the Secretary of the Synodal Theological Commission of the Patriarchate, Vladimir Shmalij, presented the Russian edition of Benedict XVI's encyclical "Spe Salvi" in Moscow's Library of the...
page.png Iraqi Christians shaken anew by Orthodox priest's murder
Iraqi Christians joined in mourning after a Syrian Orthodox priest was murdered in Baghdad on April 5. Father Yusef Adel was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in the Iraqi capital. The killing occurred less than 3 weeks after Chaldean Catholic...
page.png Return from Russia
My plane landed at Idlewild International Airport, at 6:55 A. M., in the gray dawn of October 12, 1963. All during the long flight from Moscow, I had wondered what it would be like to see the United States again after 24 years in the Soviet Union, mostly...
page.png Pope Laments Death of Syro-Orthodox Priest
Benedict XVI said he was “profoundly saddened” by the death of Syro-Orthodox Father Youssef Adel Abudi, who was murdered in his home in Baghdad. Father Adel was killed Saturday by a group of armed men at the entrance to his house in Karrada,...
page.png Syro-Orthodox priest killed in Baghdad
 Syro-Orthodox priest was killed by gunfire today in Baghdad, in the Christian neighbourhood of Zayiuna.  The news is confirmed by sources of the same Orthodox Church.  The victim was Youssef Adel, aged 40, of the Church of Saint Peter. ...
page.png Christian and Muslims or how to live together with different dogmas
Last 20 March various news agencies reported the following news from Riyadh: "No churches should be permitted in Saudi Arabia, unless Pope Benedict XVI recognised the prophet Mohammed." This is the proposal put forward by some mediators in Riyadh...
page.png Presented today in Moscow, Spe Salvi in Russian
The Russian translation of the encyclical Spe Salvi is being presented today in the Russian capital.  The event, according to its' organisers, "represents an occasion for an encounter and dialogue between the Catholic Church and Russian Church"...
page.png Pope: Christ Cures Humanity's Festering Wounds
The risen Christ is the true hope for a humanity suffering "open and festering" wounds, said Benedict XVI in his Easter message. After celebrating Easter Mass today, and before imparting the blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city...
page.png Alexy II Sends Easter Greetings to Pontiff
Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia sent Easter greetings to Benedict XVI, which highlighted the optimism and joy implicit in the message of Christianity. Vatican Radio reported that in the message Alexy II addresses "with...
page.png ECUMENICAL MISSION
Cardinal Walter Kasper discusses his work in the search for reconciliation and unity among the different Christian Churches... here to listen the audio ...
page.png Putting Mercy Into Practise
In his Regina Ceoli address, Pope Benedict XVI announced a new World Congress on putting mercy into practise to mark the 3rd anniversary of John Paul II's death.  Pope Benedict XVI's marked Divine Mercy Sunday and paid homage to his predecessor...
page.png Jesuits Donate Books to Russian Orthodox
  Metropolitan Kirill Welcomes "1 More Sign of Good Relations" BARCELONA, Spain, FEB. 13, 2008 (Zenit.org).- A donation from Spanish religious congregations of more than 5,000 books to the Orthodox Academy of Moscow has been...
page.png Feast of Maronite Church's Patron Celebrated in Rome
Lebanese Christians Still Hoping, Says Priest By Tony Assaf -ROME, FEB. 13, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Lebanese Christians' cry for peace was heard in Rome with a "Concert of Hope." Father Daoud Reaidy, superior of the community of the...
page.png Pontiff Invites Armenian Patriarch to Vatican - Statement
  Orthodox Leader Receives Cardinal Bertone VAGHARSHAPAT, Armenia, MARCH 6, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI extended an invitation to the patriarch of the Armenian Orthodox Church to visit the See of Peter in a letter delivered...
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