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A Catholic Response to the Paris Attacks: Peace as a Work of Penance
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Warren Schmidt
As I begin writing this, one week has passed since the series of terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13. I currently live about 6 km from the scene of the worst of the bloodshed of November 13: the Bataclan concert hall where 89 of the 129 deaths occurred. At about 10:15 that evening, I […]
What is bigger: fear or mercy?
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Carlos Ferreira
It is very difficult to process what happened in Paris over the last few days. It is very easy to take the route of placing blaming to this group or the other. When I see people on social media saying that we should not welcome Syrian and Iraqi refugees because they are somehow responsible for what happened […]
The Politics of Genocide
Monday, April 13, 2015
Stefan Slovak
On Sunday, Pope Francis celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the faithful of the Armenian rite. The Armenians were on hand to see the Holy Father name one of their own, Saint Gregory of Narek, a Doctor of the Church. While not trying to draw significance away from that, or from the Mass that […]
Director of JRS Syria: “We don’t have the right to do nothing”
Friday, December 26, 2014
Sebastian Gomes
The Director of Jesuit Refugee Services in Syria, Fr. Nawras Sammour, SJ visited Toronto last week to speak about the ongoing civil war and refugee crisis plaguing his home country. The event, which was co-hosted by Canadian Jesuits International and Development and Peace, was held at the Jesuit parish of Our Lady of Lourdes in […]
Pope Francis meets with young refugees before his departure from Turkey
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Salt + Light Media
Pope Francis final meeting in Turkey was with a group of 50 young people, including many refugees from Syria, Iraq and other countries of the Middle East and Africa. The young refugees are cared for by the local Salesian community in Istanbul. The Salesian Oratory (Youth Center) in Istambul is headed by Salesian Fr. Andres […]
Common Declaration of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Salt + Light Media
Below you will find the full text of the Common Declaration of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, signed at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Phanar (Istanbul), on Sunday, November 30, 2014, Feast of St. Andrew: We, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, express our profound gratitude to God for the gift of this new […]
Apolytikion on the occasion of the visit of the Pope in the Third Tone Divine Faith
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Salt + Light Media
This is the special prayer of the Orthodox community during the Divine Liturgy. The most exalted vessel of the Ortohodoxy is being glorified now receiving from the West the venerable Sheperd and Primate. And receving this auspicious day with joy now implores Christ devoutly: Guard Your world with Your power, keeping all in harmony, as […]
Addresses of Ecumenical Patriarch & Pope Francis during Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Phanar (Istanbul)
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Salt + Light Media
This morning following the Eucharist celebrated in private in the chapel of the Apostolic Delegation in Istanbul, Pope Francis met with the Chief Rabbi of Turkey, His Excellency Isak Haleva. He then traveled by car to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople for the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. George in […]
Patriarch Bartholomew Addresses & Blesses Pope Francis at Ecumenical Prayer Service
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Salt + Light Media
Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople jointly presided over an ecumenical prayer service on Saturday evening in the church of St. George, within the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Below, please find the full text of the allocution His All Holiness, Bartholomew, prepared for the occasion. Your Holiness, In offering glory to the all-good God in Trinity, […]
Presentation of Gifts of Pope Francis at Ecumenical Patriarchate
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Salt + Light Media
Pope Francis has presented these gifts during his visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Phanar: Gift of the Holy Father to the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate The two sheets reproduced in facsimile belong to the Greek Barberinian manuscript 372 of the Vatican Apostolic Library. The original (mm. 223 x 168), in parchment, composed […]
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