‘Europe, spiritual homeland’
In “For Rome and Moscow, It’s Spring Again,” Sandro Magister on Chiesa looks at the book, in Italian and Russian, presented to Pope Benedict recently by Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk. It is a...
View ArticleMoscow thanks Pope for not pressing on meeting
From Interfax (2009-12-16): Moscow — The Moscow Patriarchate is grateful to Pope Benedict XVI for understanding problems between the two Churches and not pressing on with visiting Russia and meeting...
View ArticleDer Speigel interviews Abp. Hilarion (Alfeyev)
Ed. The secularized west meets the Orthodox east. From the Russian Orthodox Church Department of External Church Relations website. +++++++++++++++++++ Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of...
View Article“The Pope Is the First Among the Patriarchs.” Just How Remains to Be Seen
ROME, January 25, 2010 – This evening, with vespers in the basilica of Saint Paul’s Outside the Walls, Benedict XVI is closing the week of prayer for Christian unity. There are some who say that...
View ArticleCatholic Herald: In Russia, the path to unity is defrosting
Roman Catholic reporting about union between Rome and Orthodoxy tends to be over optimistic. The Catholics seem to want union much more than the Orthodox do. A clearer assessment might be that Moscow...
View ArticleChurch has right to bring Gospel values to public debate, pope says
Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic teaching and the truths of the Gospel have a right to be heard in public debate, especially in a country where so many people claim to be Christian,...
View ArticlePatriarch Kirill & Pope Benedict: A Tale of Two Leaders for a new Missionary Age
I’ve been asked to become an Orthodox columnist on Catholic.org and accepted. Below is my first essay. Regular readers will notice ideas we discussed on the AOI Observer. +++++++++++++++++ Catholic...
View ArticlePapal Environmentalism: Pro-Life and Pro-Marriage
Ethics and Public Policy Center | George Weigel In his January 11 address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI continued to carve out an interesting Catholic position...
View ArticleMore to the Ecumenical Patriarch’s recent encyclical than meets the eye
As I mentioned last week, I recently became a columnist for Catholic Online. They just posted my latest piece. (They are fast. I submitted it just this afternoon.) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Last week...
View ArticleInterview with Met. Hilarion on Unity and Primacy in the Orthodox Church [AUDIO]
I published the article below earlier, but after listening to the recording of the interview, there’s a lot more to report. The planning for a Pan-Orthodox Council continues, and one of the benefits is...
View ArticleLa Stampa: Divisions in Orthodox Church Hinder Pope’s Meeting with Patriarch...
We are getting more news from the Catholic/Italian press than we are from Orthodox sources. This report appears reliable; the author has a good grasp of the ecclessiological disagreements between...
View ArticleWith the Rise of Militant Secularism, Rome and Moscow Make Common Cause
The Acton Institute just published my essay. Source: Acton Institute | Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse The European religious press is abuzz over recent developments in Orthodox – Catholic relations that...
View ArticlePope to American Bishops: Secularism Threatens Liberty, Church Must Respond
Freedom detached from moral truth, said Pope Benedict XVI in a recent address to American Catholic Bishops, reflects an “extreme individualism” that requires response from the (Catholic) Church. This...
View ArticleMattingly: Pope Benedict, President Obama and Religious Freedom
– Source: The Republic | Terry Mattingly Pope Benedict XVI cut to the chase when meeting with the visiting bishops from Washington, D.C., Baltimore and the U.S. armed services. The pope mentioned...
View ArticleThe Church Will Become Small
Source: Catholic Education Resource Center | Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) The church will become small and will have to start afresh more or less from the beginning. She will no longer...
View Article‘Europe, spiritual homeland’
In “For Rome and Moscow, It’s Spring Again,” Sandro Magister on Chiesa looks at the book, in Italian and Russian, presented to Pope Benedict recently by Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk. It is a...
View ArticleMoscow thanks Pope for not pressing on meeting
From Interfax (2009-12-16): Moscow — The Moscow Patriarchate is grateful to Pope Benedict XVI for understanding problems between the two Churches and not pressing on with visiting Russia and meeting...
View ArticleDer Speigel interviews Abp. Hilarion (Alfeyev)
Ed. The secularized west meets the Orthodox east. From the Russian Orthodox Church Department of External Church Relations website. +++++++++++++++++++ Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of...
View Article“The Pope Is the First Among the Patriarchs.” Just How Remains to Be Seen
ROME, January 25, 2010 – This evening, with vespers in the basilica of Saint Paul’s Outside the Walls, Benedict XVI is closing the week of prayer for Christian unity. There are some who say that...
View ArticleCatholic Herald: In Russia, the path to unity is defrosting
Roman Catholic reporting about union between Rome and Orthodoxy tends to be over optimistic. The Catholics seem to want union much more than the Orthodox do. A clearer assessment might be that Moscow...
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