Catholicism and Orthodoxy

News from the East January-February 2025

By Matthew Trojacek Moscow Patriarchate seeks to “open more parishes” across Africa Amid songs and dances, a diplomatic-plated car pulled up in front of a church in Akpakpa, a suburb of Cotonou, the largest city in Benin. Exiting with a smile, Constantin of Zaraïsk, Metropolitan of the Russian Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa and representative of the [...]

The Orthodox and the Catholic Synod on Synodality’s Final Document

By Peter Anderson On October 26, 2024, the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church issued its Final Document on the subject, “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission.” The Final Document is the culmination of a long process that began three years ago and [...]

The Creed: Baptism

I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins By Robert Wiesner The history of water, beginning with Creation itself, provides a sort of unifying theme throughout salvation history. At the very beginning, we find the Holy Spirit brooding over the primordial waters, already prefiguring the vital role water is to play for humanity: water is [...]

Pope meets with Middle-Eastern bishops as war rages; Iraqi cardinal urges Christians to give “testimony of life”; young Russian Catholics gather; Obituary: Vassula Rydén

By Matthew Trojacek Pope Francis meets Middle East Catholic bishops amid fears of all-out war in region August 28, 2024. Vatican. Led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa (above left), Pope Francis met with the Latin rite Catholic leaders of several Middle Eastern and Arabic-speaking countries Pope Francis met August 28 with the Latin-rite Catholic leaders [...]

Ukrainian government moves to outlaw Ukrainian Orthodox Church

By Peter Anderson Building of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. (Photo: Wikipedia) On Sunday, August 25, Pope Francis at the end of his Angelus address expressed his concerns about a law recently adopted in Ukraine. He stated: “I continue to follow with sorrow the fighting in Ukraine and the Russian Federation. And in [...]

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