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Syria: prelate confirms priest's abduction 15-07-20
Ukraine: bishop fears ‘total invasion’ by Russia 15-07-20
Statement from the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies Regarding Pope Francis’s Recognition of Archbishop Sheptytsky’s Heroic Virtues 15-07-18
"Heroic virtues" of Abp Andrey Sheptytsky, 7 others 15-07-18
Metropolitan Hilarion blasts Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage 15-07-08
Encyclical manifests Pope’s strong relations with Ecumenical Patriarch, says theologian 15-07-08
Prelate: St. John Paul was like Moses for the Ukrainians 15-07-07
Papal tribute to deceased Armenian Patriarch 15-07-01
Patriarch Gregorios III on the Repose of H. B. Nerses Bedros XIX of blessed memory, Armenian Catholic Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia 15-07-01
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with 3 Vatican officials 15-06-30
Catholic-Orthodox unity ‘one of my main concerns,’ says Pope 15-06-29
Encyclical on environment ‘filled us with immense satisfaction,’ says Ecumenical Patriarch 15-06-29
Coptic Pope denounces 'Gospel of Barnabas' 15-06-25
Chaldean Patriarch suggests single unified patriarchate for Iraqi Christians 15-06-25
Armenian Catholic patriarch dead at 75 15-06-25
Prelate: the Church in Pakistan refuses to be silenced 15-06-25
UGCC Patriarch led the festivities on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of a parish in Ohio, USA 15-06-24
Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako urges Muslims to work for Iraqi reconciliation, unity 15-06-24
Conclusion of the June 2015 Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church 15-06-22
Pope meets with Syrian Orthodox patriarch, laments persecution of Christians 15-06-20
Patriarch Gregorios III's Prayers and Good Wishes for Ramadan and the Apostle's Fast 15-06-20
Opening Statement from the Holy Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church 15-06-18
Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II begins visit to Rome 15-06-17
Russian Orthodox spokesman: common date for Easter celebration acceptable-- if Orthodox calendar is used 15-06-16
Al Maryamiyah Joint Appeal from Five Patriarchs of Antioch and All the East 15-06-16