While the Department of External Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate spins the meeting between Francis and Patriarch Kirill, the Pope expresses support for His Beatitude Sviatoslav. As expected, the Department of External Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate has started the process of spinning the February 12, 2016 Havana Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and…
Five details from historical meeting suggest that while the Russian Patriarch may have thought he was first violin, the Jesuit Pope was conducting the orchestra. Pope Benedict XVI was, and is, known for playing the piano. Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, the chief architect of Friday’s Cuban summit between his boss Patriarch Kirill and Pope…
On February 12, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, the leaders of two Churches, met at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. The meeting took place in a closed setting. It lasted more than two hours. The meeting of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill concluded with the signing of a Joint Declaration, which elicited mixed…
In remembrance of the laying on of the hands by His Grace Richard Stephen (Seminack), Bishop of the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago; Upon the Servant of God, Rev. Deacon Frank Avant; Who was ordained as Presbyter On the Feast of the Ascension, Thursday, May 14, 2015 at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral,…