The theological dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches has reached a point where it seems appropriate to consider expanding the opportunities for the faithful of any ...
Most notably, the document, which does not speak officially for either ecclesial entity, recommends that the Orthodox Church recognize Catholic marriage and the Catholic Church take steps to recognize ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite its relatively small size, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has, in the words of historian Kathryn David, “played an ...
On the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, Pope Francis told the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople that while the Holy Spirit has in recent years prompted a "fraternal dialogue" between the Catholic ...
Despite last-minute defections by representatives of four Orthodox Patriarchates, a spokesman for the Ecumenical Patriarch insists that the Council of the Orthodox Churches will still speak for all of ...
Rabbi Arthur Schneier of New York City’s Park East Synagogue greets Archbishop Elpidophoros of America after the enthronement of Archbishop Elpidophoros as the seventh archbishop of the Greek Orthodox ...
A Catholic bishop and an Orthodox artist are asking believers and non-believers of all backgrounds to open their minds to a world more complex than what is visible. Bishop Robert Barron, the most ...
The Great Schism of 1054, when the Greek Orthodox Church officially split with the Catholic Church, still has reverberations across the globe. Orthodox Christians have decreased as a share of the ...
Oct. 22 (UPI) --Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the primate of the Church of England, has joined Catholic and Orthodox leaders worldwide in calls for a ceasefire after Israel destroyed a Greek ...
The faithful celebrated Our Lady’s nativity through the streets of Helsinki. A statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried by the Catholic faithful on Sept. 8 in Helsinki. (photo: Marko ...
Pope Francis kisses a pectoral cross during an audience with young priests and monks from Oriental Orthodox churches at the Vatican June 3, 2022. In his address the pope said Christians are called to ...