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Photo: Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I embrace.

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Joint Orthodox-Catholic commission begins study on Cardinal Stepanic 16-07-13
Ukraine made its choice in favor of European family of nations as early as in Prince Volodymyr’s times - Patriarch Sviatoslav 16-07-13
Cardinal suggests new meeting between Pope, Russian patriarch 16-07-13
Church halts all non-sacramental activities in besieged Syrian city 16-07-13
Prelate: non-Catholic Armenians see Pope as ‘true universal pastor’ 16-07-11
Interview with Syrian Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III 16-07-08
‘SAVE MY PEOPLE’ - An interview with a Chaldean Catholic priest from Iraq 16-07-07
Maronite Patriarch: don’t encourage Christians to leave the Middle East 16-07-07
Coptic nun killed by stray bullet in shoot-out in Egypt 16-07-06
First Muslim call to prayer inside Hagia Sophia since 1931 16-07-05
Patriarch Gregorios III: Greetings for Eid ul-Fitr 16-07-03
Pan-Orthodox council pulled back from blessing marriages of Orthodox, non-Orthodox Christians 16-07-01
Catholics, Orthodox gather in Antioch to recall St. Peter 16-07-01
Coptic priest killed in Egypt; Islamic State suspected 16-06-30
Long-term goal must be repatriation for refugees, Maronite Patriarch says 16-06-29
Pope Francis calls on Catholics, Orthodox to abandon ‘rivalry, mistrust, and rancor’ 16-06-28
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, in letter to Pope, reflects on solidarity, Europe’s Christian roots 16-06-28
The Holy and Great Council concludes its work 16-06-27
Pope visits Armenian Genocide memorial 16-06-27
Arriving in Armenia, Pope invokes the term: genocide 16-06-24
Syrian archbishop agrees: suffering of Christians is not 'genocide' 16-06-24
Pan-Orthodox council discusses regional bishops’ assemblies 16-06-24
Pan-Orthodox council discusses document on mission 16-06-23
Pope Francis: Armenian Genocide among the worst sufferings in history 16-06-23
Melkite synod postponed; Patriarch decries bishops' 'open rebellion' 16-06-22