“Listening to the East”: Walking Together and Breathing with Both Lungs

Saturday, September 9, 2023

Julian Paparella

Saint John Paul II would often say that “the Church must breathe with her two lungs!” (Ut Unum Sint #54)

Related Traditions: Differences, Misconceptions, and Ecumenism

Friday, July 26, 2019

Scott Harris

How different is Catholicism from the Orthodox and Anglican Churches? Scott Harris considers some differences and some common misconceptions.

The Invisible Made Visible

Monday, October 9, 2017

Emilie Callan

“When faith… encounters art, it creates a profound harmony because each can and wishes to speak of God, making the Invisible visible” (Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, 18 November 2009) Have you ever looked at a work of art (a painting let’s say of a landscape) and, remembering the wonder of creation, be stirred into […]

Behind Vatican Walls: Synods and Councils

Friday, June 17, 2016

Alicia Ambrosio

A historic gathering of orthodox leaders is scheduled to take place on the Greek island of Crete later this week. The Great and Holy Council, as it called in the Orthodox church, would be the first such meeting in over a thousand years. With days to go before the start of that that meeting various […]

Out On the Road Again – Francis to Bosnia

Monday, February 2, 2015

Stefan Slovak

During his Angelus Address on Sunday, Pope Francis announced that he would be making a one day trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina this coming June. It appears the Holy Father has an appetite for difficult cases, as the former Yugoslav republic is no walk in the park. Most will recall the Bosnian War that broke out following […]

Orthodox-Catholic Statement on Sundays

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Salt + Light Media

The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation has issued an agreed statement on the importance of Sunday in the lives of Christians. The October 25th-27th meeting took place at St. Paul’s College in Washington DC, and was co-chaired by Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans and Metropolitan Methodios of Boston. The statement, which calls for clergy […]

Canada plays host to Interfaith Symposium

Monday, April 30, 2012

Andrew Santos

An interfaith delegation of nearly 20 religious leaders from Ukraine were in Canada this week. The delegation included Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk (Patriarch of the Ukrainian Catholic Church), Mr. Jacob Dov Bleich (Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine), Patriarch Filaret Denysenko (Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyivan Patriarchate), as well as senior representatives of the Roman Catholic, […]

Tonight on Perspectives: What does religious freedom look like?

Friday, February 18, 2011

Jenna Murphy

The media have been turning our eyes to Egypt throughout these past few weeks. We have seen fiery images of shouting mobs, people climbing tanks and angry demonstrating. Just one month before all of this started, we heard about a bombing in Alexandria, the nation’s second largest city. The target? A Coptic (Christian) Church. Up […]