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Photo: Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I embrace.

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Chaldean prelate looks forward to rebuilding Iraq after defeat of Islamic State 16-08-05
Syriac Patriarch Ignatius III raps Western indifference to persecution of Christians in Middle East 16-08-03
Moscow rips Ukrainian Catholic Church; Constantinople differs 16-08-03
Syrian bishop: 'moderate' Syrian rebel force does not exist 16-08-01
Patriarch Gregorios III: Call to Prayer and Fasting for the Dormition 16-07-29
Syriac Catholic patriarch decries actions of Western leaders, European prelates 16-07-28
Coptic Pope suspends audience as religious strife escalates in Egypt 16-07-25
Syria: patriarch blasts Western efforts to remove Assad 16-07-22
Bishop: Turkey’s Catholics are safe because they stay out of politics 16-07-22
Orthodox Patriarch left Turkey just before coup, sparking rumors 16-07-20
Rebel rockets rain down on Christian quarter in Aleppo 16-07-20
Patriarch Bartholomew foresees significant ecumenical progress in coming years 16-07-20
Russian Orthodox Church: recent council in Crete was ‘important’ but ‘not pan-Orthodox’ 16-07-19
Iraqi bishop laments conditions in refugee camps 16-07-18
“Russia should realize: war will be equally terrible for everyone,” Liubomyr (Husar) 16-07-13
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