#Orthodox

Greek-Catholics to Pope Francis. Enzo Bianchi: “A land with a vocation to reconciliation, unity and peace”

An “overall reading” of the complex situation in Ukraine “to undertake paths of reconciliation and peace, true signs of the…

Pope in Romania. Fr. Militaru (Orthodox diocese of Italy) “The Romanian people will cherish every word of goodness and hope”

Gheorghe Militaru: “The Romanian people know how to recognize goodness, regardless of where it comes from. They know how to…

Pope in Romania. Father Teleanu (Orthodox Romanian Patriarchate): “’Don’t be afraid’: we look forward to hearing this message also from Francis.”

Teleanu Bogdan-Aurel: “I remember the words of John Paul II, do not be afraid. I believe that this message remains…

Anniversary of Francis-Kirill meeting in Havana: end of life conference in Moscow. Card. Koch, “a new chapter” has opened “in the relationship between our Churches”

Orthodox: Ukrainian Autocephalous Church. Bartholomew, “strive for unity and peace”, especially with Moscow

A mosque and a cathedral inaugurated in Egypt. Pope Tawadros II: “A new page in our history”

For the first time in the history of the entire Middle East an Islamic mosque and a Christian Cathedral were…

Ukraine: Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Hilarion (Moscow), a “council of the wicked” that “will be erased from historical memory like the chaff that the wind blows away”

Ukraine: Epiphanius is Primate of new “Ukrainian Orthodox Church”. Ukrainian President Poroshenko, “without Putin, without Kirill”, but “with God and with Ukraine”

Ukraine: creation of new Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Newly elected primate Epiphanius to visit Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul on 6 January

Russia: Patriarch Kirill defends freedom of religion and conscience in Ukraine. The first Council of the Authocephalous Church tomorrow in Kiev

+++ Metropolitan Hilarion: “It is a schism”. “We will not participate in any Commission chaired or co-chaired by the Patriarch of Constantinople” +++