A key step in the search for Christian unity is getting to know people of other churches and denominations and coming to appreciate their faith and spirituality, Pope Francis told a group of Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox students studying at Catholic universities
Priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church have called for breaking ties with the Russian Orthodox Church, following a Russian attack on Odesa that destroyed a historic cathedral while killing two and injuring at least 22, including four children.
In late June, OSV News traveled to Kyiv to speak with Archbishop Yevstratiy Zorya, deputy head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine's Department of External Church Relations and a professor at the Kyiv (Orthodox) Theological Academy.
Close to 80% of Ukraine's population identifies
"The church is not properly understood as a pyramid, with a primate governing from the top, but neither is it properly understood as a federation of self-sufficient churches," said an agreed statement from the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the
Pope Francis and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II read speeches during the general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 10.
Thousands of local and international Christian pilgrims thronged to Jerusalem's Old City and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the ancient Eastern rite ceremony of the Holy Fire April 15, with some scuffles reported as Israeli police restricted the number of
The Second Vatican Council was of great interest to the Orthodox world, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople wrote in an article published in the Vatican newspaper.
The article published Oct. 11 marked the anniversary of the opening of the first session of the
Some Catholic leaders have joined the Coptic Orthodox Church in mourning the 41 people -- including 18 children -- who died in a fire in Egypt's capital, Cairo.
According to news reports, at least 5,000 Coptic Christians were preparing for the morning liturgy
Contributing editor Russell Shaw writes about the upcoming meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow: “In arranging to meet in September with Russia’s Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis evidently has two goals in view: peace in Ukraine and progress in Catholic-Orthodox
Catholics and Orthodox Christians must increasingly work together where they can, Pope Francis told Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.
"The full unity for which we yearn is, of course, a gift from God, through the grace of the Holy Spirit. May our Lord