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EU bishops implore Russian Orthodox patriarch to intervene in Ukraine conflict

March 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA/Kremlin.ru via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0).

Rome Newsroom, Mar 11, 2022 / 04:35 am (CNA).
The president of the European bishops’ commission has appealed to Russian Ort… […]

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Irish Catholic bishops call on Patriarch Kirill to support Ukraine ceasefire

March 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church. / Nickolay Vinokurov via www.shutterstock.com.

Maynooth, Ireland, Mar 9, 2022 / 12:10 pm (CNA).
Irish Catholic bishops have appealed to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to support a ceasef… […]

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Polish Catholic archbishop to Russian Orthodox leader: Please ask Putin to stop Ukraine war

March 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. / Episkopat.pl/Kremlin.ru via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0).

Warsaw, Poland, Mar 2, 2022 / 22:55 pm (CNA).
The president of Poland’s Catholic bishops’ conference has urged the head of the Rus… […]

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Pope Francis’ second summit with Russian Orthodox patriarch could be held in June-July

February 18, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis meets with Patriarch Kirill in Havana, Cuba on Feb. 12, 2016. / Vatican Media.

Genoa, Italy, Feb 18, 2022 / 08:55 am (CNA).
Pope Francis could meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in June or July, Russia’s ambassador to the… […]

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Pope Francis meets Metropolitan Hilarion as hopes rise for second summit with Moscow patriarch

December 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Oct. 6, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Dec 22, 2021 / 03:15 am (CNA).
Pope Francis met with Metropolitan Hilarion on Wednesday amid rising expectations of a second enco… […]

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A Long-Burning Candle of Hope: The “Bulgarian Pope” and the Pope in Bulgaria

May 3, 2019 Ines Angeli Murzaku 7

On May 5th, Pope Francis will begin his two-day visit to Bulgaria, a multi-religious Eastern European country with an Eastern Orthodox majority that makes up 59.4% of the population. Muslims make up 7.8% of the […]

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An Orthodox fracture with serious consequences

September 26, 2018 George Weigel 11

While Catholicism has been embroiled in a crisis of sexual abuse and episcopal malfeasance reaching to the highest levels of the Church, Eastern Orthodoxy may be on the verge of an epic crack-up with major […]

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Below is the Vatican Radio’s transcript and translation of the Holy Father’s catechesis given today at his Wednesday general audience. Dear brothers and sisters! In recent catechesis, we examined the first three gifts of the […]

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