Tag: Orthodox Church
Pope criticises new law of Ukrainian Parliament: “Churches shouldn’t be touched”
Pope Francis has expressed his continued sorrow over the war in Ukraine while asking that "no Christian church be abolished" after the Ukrainian parliament passed a law to ban the Moscow Patriarchate-affiliated jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
One year left until the 1700th anniversary of Council of Nicaea
There is only one year left until the church celebrates the 1700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council in history: the Council of Nicaea. In 2025, Orthodox and Catholics plan to celebrate this historic date together.
Orthodox and Catholic Churches celebrate the feast of Sts Peter and...
Pope Francis received a delegation from the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople, who travelled to Rome to attend the celebrations for the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul.
Vatican to propose “renewed exercise” of Roman primacy in new ecumenical...
On 13 June the Dicastery for promoting Christian Unity will launch a new document summarising the responses to St John Paul II’s ‘Ut Unum Sint,’ and make a proposal for the renewed exercise of the papacy.
Pope Francis addresses the Orthodox Churches
Pope Francis addressed the Orthodox Churches extending his "great affection and best wishes" as they began their Easter celebrations according to the Julian calendar.
Ukrainian Catholics in Australia change from Julian to Gregorian calendar
Bishop Mykola Bychok, the eparch for Ukrainian Catholics in Australia, announced the change to the Gregorian calendar on 22 March
