Tag: Christianity

  • Belfast parish baptizes 10+ in Irish Sea

    Belfast, October 15, 2024 Photo: Facebook      The Orthodox Church of St. John of Shanghai in Belfast (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) festively celebrated…

  • Pope hears testimonies from transgender and intersex Catholics

    Pope Francis met with a group of transgender and intersex Catholics, along with LGBTQ+ allies and a medical doctor specializing in transgender healthcare, during a…

  • Frescoes seized by Soviets returned to Moscow’s Novospassky Monastery

    Moscow, October 15, 2024 Photo: новоспасский-монастырь.рф      Moscow’s 15th-century Novospassky Monastery celebrated a joyous event on Sunday, October 13, with the return of a number…

  • Mission accomplished: Pope to declare 14 new saints

    The celebration of World Mission Sunday is a popular day for a pope to canonize new saints — not only those who ministered or gave…

  • 250,000+ venerate relics of St. Parascheva in Romania (+VIDEO)

    Iași, Romania, October 15, 2024 Photo: Basilica News Agency      More than 250,000 pious Orthodox Christian faithful went on pilgrimage to the Romanian city of…

  • Wester: Nobel Peace Prize for Japanese atomic bomb survivors 'fitting' amid global tensions

    The naming of a Japanese atomic bomb survivors group as this year’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient is “fitting … during this time of heightened geopolitical…

  • Serbian and Macedonian primates concelebrate in village monastery

    Đunis, Kruševac, Serbia, October 15, 2024 Photo: spc.rs      The primates of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Macedonian Orthodox Church-Ohrid Archbishopric came together yesterday…

  • Pope calls for Mideast cease-fire; prays for peace in Ukraine, Haiti

    Pope Francis called again for “an immediate cease-fire on all fronts” in the Middle East, urging leaders to “pursue the paths of diplomacy and dialogue…

  • Primate of OCA meets with former Ambassador Sam Brownback

    Washington, D.C., October 15, 2024 Photo: oca.org      On Saturday, October 12, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of Washington and All America and Canada, head of…

  • Listening is key to changing church structures, synod members say

    Since the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, listening has emerged as a central element in overcoming the structural and cultural barriers to unity…