A 20-foot, 800-pound cross that has traveled to almost 50 European capitals, known as the “Cross of Gratitude,” has recently been welcomed by a Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Shenandoah, ...

Forgiveness Sunday” was celebrated in March at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, the last Sunday before Lent. Traditionally, ...

Priests are called to be embraced and shaped by God's boundless love, and to realize that there is no place for division and ...

It was just another bombing in a complicated corner of the Middle East, but this one was important — the Associated Press ...

Pope Leo XIV receives Symposium “Nicea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity” on June 7, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen Christian unity will not be ...

The Eastern Orthodox Church, also known as the Orthodox Catholic Church, is one of the three main divisions of Christianity, with around 260 million followers worldwide. Primarily rooted in the ...

The holiday is one of the days designated for the communion of believers, who, respecting the Orthodox canon, “fasted on the water” for at least the last five days. At liturgies and masses, believers ...

The Catholic Newspaper of the Diocese of Davenport. Subscribe/ Renew. E-Edition. TCM Donate. Archives. Primary Menu. ... Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation” by David Bentley Hart. Released in 2019, ...

History of the Orthodox Church. Although originally the Eastern and Western Christians shared the same faith, the two sides began to separate after the seventh Ecumenical Council in 787 A.D. and are ...