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22 Mar 2013

Do we have a new pope for a reformed church?

We have begun to learn something of the varied influences that have shaped the new pontiff. What is required from the new pope today, says Dr Harry Hagopian, is more than an evocative name and a humble posture. Catholicism also needs someone who can bringing a cleansing brush to bear on tired structures, on the abuse scandal, and on the existential, ecclesial, structural, ecumenical and global challenges that Christians face in a fast-changing world. It is a monumental task, but which many hope the first Jesuit pontiff can begin and lead.
18 Dec 2012

A new patriarch for the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch & All the East

Following my reflection last week on the death of Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim on 5 December (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/17573, I should add that his successor has just been elected at Balamand Monastery in Beirut, in the early morning hours of Monday 17 December 2012.
18 Oct 2012

Orthodox churches reflect on WCC Assembly theme

Orthodox churches have reaffirmed their commitment to "unity, justice and peace" at an inter-Orthodox consultation in Kos, Greece, this week.
14 Oct 2012

A positive Orthodox Christian theology of democracy

In The Mystical as Political: Democracy and Non-Radical Orthodoxy, to be published on 25 October 2012, Aristotle Papanikolaou explores the question of whether Orthodox Christianity and liberal democracy are mutually exclusive worldviews.
17 Aug 2012

WCC expresses sorrow over death of Abune Paulos

Patriarch Abune Paulos, from the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, passed away on Thursday 16 August 2012, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
5 Apr 2012

Amnesty call for release of 'Pussy Riot' singers

Amnesty International have called for the release of three young women arrested for staging an anti-Putin song in a Moscow cathedral.
2 Dec 2011

Ecumenical Patriarch calls for freedom of religion and minority rights

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I says there must be respect for the “inherent rights of all human beings and their aspiration and rights of religious freedom."
3 Oct 2011

Pope meets with Russian Orthodox ecumenical officer

Pope Benedict XVI has met with Metropolitan Hilarion, the Russian Orthodox Church's chief ecumenical affairs officer, at Castel Gandolfo.
12 Sep 2011

Orthodox leaders smooth path to proposed summit meeting

The patriarchs of three ancient Orthodox Christian churches have met in Istanbul to discuss the situation of Christian minorities in the Middle East.
26 May 2011

Orthodox angles on just peace create debate at IEPC

Workshops led by the Orthodox at the recent International Ecumenical Peace Convocation led to robust, honest exchanges about mutual relations.

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