Pope Francis met Friday with a delegation of priests and monks from Oriental Orthodox Churches at the Vatican. “Unity is not simply an end in itself, but is closely tied to the fruitfulness of the ...

Pope Francis kisses a pectoral cross during an audience with young priests and monks from Oriental Orthodox churches at the Vatican June 3, 2022. In his address the pope said Christians are called to ...

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania arrived in Crete June 15 to take part in the Great and Holy Council. Patriarch Daniel was welcomed by His Eminence Archbishop Irineos of Crete and Ambassador ...

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis March 27 characterized the worldwide trauma as: "God's call on people to judge what is most important to them and resolve to act accordingly from ...

Pope Francis, right, arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, with the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Tawadros II, Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

The head of the Coptic Church is scheduled to offer the Orthodox Divine Liturgy in the Catholic Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome on May 14. According to Father Martin Browne, an official at ...

While there may continue to be theological obstacles to the full unification of the different long-separated Christian communions, Pope Francis and the head of the Oriental Orthodox Armenian apostolic ...