Christian world

Pope Francis meets with Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew

The meeting between the Pope and the Patriarch was held in “a fraternal atmosphere”, according to a communiqué from the Holy See Press Office.

Pope Francis and Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople also had lunch together at the Casa Santa Marta with their respective delegations.

Huge Protest Held Against the Persecution of the Orthodox Church in Ethiopia

On Sunday 15th September 2019 in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and other towns across Ethiopia, thousands of people poured into the streets to protest against the unprecedented atrocities that are being committed against the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and her faithful.

Bishop Andrej payed a visit to Bishop of the Coptic Church in Austria

Meeting of Serbian Bishop Andrej of Austria-Switzerland and Coptic Bishop for Austria and Northern Switzerland Mar Anba Gabriel took place in Vienna

On the feast day of Holy Martyr Hippolytus of Rome, His Grace Bishop Andrej of Austria-Switzerland, escorted by secretary f. Filip Milunovic, arrived to the residence of the Coptic Diocese for Austria and Northern Switzerland in Obersiebenbrunn in Northern Austria.

This papyrus contains the oldest Marian prayer known to date

The earliest known Marian prayer, like the Gospels themselves, is written in Greek. That is why, in it, the Virgin Mary is called Θεοτοκος, “theotokos,” the “Birth-Giver of God,” “the Mother of God.” That in such early prayer the Virgin Mary is already referred to with this title is quite important, both from a historical and a theological standpoint.

Missionaries of Charity celebrate Mother Teresa’s 109th birthday

Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Kolkata, on 26 August, celebrated a Mass at the tomb of the Mother Teresa at the Mother House, or the headquarters, of the Missionaries of Charity nuns, in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, o the occasion of the saint's 109th birthday.

Pope prays for peace ahead of 80th anniversary of World War II outbreak

On that day in 1939, Germany invaded Poland, leading Britain and France to declare war on Adolf Hitler’s Nazi state, two days later.

Pope Francis recalled that tragic day on Wednesday, as well as the commemorations to be held in Warsaw, Wielun, and other Polish cities.