Tag: Christianity
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More