Thursday, July 02, 2015
Alhambra, Labor Day Weekend
An Announcement about the Canonization by the Serbian Orthodox Church of two missionary Saints of North America scheduled for September 5th, 2015:http://westsrbdio.org/en/events/canonization
Posted by Western American Diocese, Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia on Friday, June 12, 2015
St. Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral
Amin.
St. John is the only known saint who spent a significant portion of his life present here with us on the West Coast. He...
Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Thursday, July 2, 2015
The sight was unforgettable. St. John stood there with lifted hands, holding a huge golden Cross high above his mitered...
Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Thursday, July 2, 2015
Расписание всенародного празднования памяти святителя Иоанна, Шанхайского и Сан-Францисского чудотворца 2015С благосло...
Posted by Holy Virgin Cathedral of SF on Monday, June 8, 2015
Wednesday, July 01, 2015
An Orthodox View on Religious Liberty
Fr. Brendan explains what the Apostles believed about Faith and Government.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Francis Visits Benedict
Pope Francis on Tuesday morning visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his residence, the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae,...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Pope Francis on Tuesday morning visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his residence, the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae,...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Pope Francis on Tuesday morning visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his residence, the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae,...
Posted by News.va English on Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Two by Sandro Magister
The preparatory document for the October session puts the brakes on communion for the divorced and remarried and on homosexual unions. New voices from Africa and Latin America. All in support of perennial doctrine
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Bergoglio, the Great Diplomat. With the Occasional Strain
With Cuba, Ukraine, China he is realistic in the extreme, even at the cost of afflicting the faithful. But then he challenges Muslim countries on religious freedom. And at the UN he is fighting hard against abortion and “gender” ideology
More Photos of St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Church in Las Vegas
Bill writes: Holy Week in Las Vegas: Holy Thursday Reading of the 12 Gospels at St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Church.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, June 27, 2015
Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki, Finland
Breathtaking!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Mike Augros Has a Book Dealing with the New Atheism
Dr. Augros is a member of the Laval/TAC line of Aristotelian-Thomism.
Monday, June 29, 2015
Patriarch Bartholomew's Delegation to Rome for the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul
Pope Francis with Metropolitan John Zizioulas, the head of the Orthodox Church delegation for the Feast of Sts. Peter...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 29, 2015
Here is a batch of pictures from the Mass to mark the feast of Sts Peter and Paul in St Peter's Basilica on Monday...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 29, 2015
Veronica Scarisbrick asks scripture scholar Mark Benedict Coleridge, Archbishop of Brisbane in Australia, to shed light...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 29, 2015
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 29, 2015
Pope Francis delivered the homily at Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica on Monday, the Solemnity of Saints Peter...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 29, 2015
Holy Mass with the imposition of the Pallium is live, RIGHT NOW!
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 29, 2015
This, from Salt and Light, on tomorrow's ... er ... today's Feast of Sts Peter and Paul, and the traditional ceremonies surrounding the Pallium.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, June 28, 2015
Prayer, the Life of the Soul
Note to self: do not forget prayer.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, June 28, 2015
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Another Consistory, More Canonizations
Pope Francis held a consistory to decide on the canonization of new saints on Saturday.See our story at the link:...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, June 27, 2015
Pope Francis approved on Saturday the decrees allowing for the canonization of Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of the Child Jesus (of Lisieux).
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, June 27, 2015
The Spread of Christianity
4 reasons why early Christianity grew so quickly.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Saturday, June 27, 2015
A Necessary Expansion to the Curia?
Pope Francis promulgated on Saturday, 27 June 2015, a Motu Proprio instituting the Secretariat for Communications and nominating Rev. Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò as Prefect of the new Secretariat.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, June 27, 2015
Pope Francis Meets Delegration from Patriarch Bartholomew
Pope Francis on Saturday met with a delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Batholomew I, which is in...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, June 27, 2015
Pope Francis on Saturday met with a delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Batholomew I, which is in Rome for the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, which is on Monday
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, June 27, 2015
Interview of Cardinal Siri by Fr. Walter Abbot, S.J.
What comments did he make about the actual documents of the Council after they were approved?
St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Learn about Orthodox communities across the country. This week: St. Nektarios Parish in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
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St. Nicodemus on Frequent Communion
Some wise advice from St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Music and Notation in St. Gregory of Nyssa's Commentary On the Inscriptions of the Psalms
This article by Fr. Matthew Baker is incredible. May his memory be eternal!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, June 26, 2015
Transfiguration Church, Jerusalem
Awad writes: Here are some photos from recent visit to Transfiguration Church on Mount Tabor in Jerusalem. Simply said this church is "Heaven on Earth"
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, June 26, 2015
Holy Virgin Church
Here is a photo of the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Virgin in Modricha Republic of Srpska. Just lovely!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, June 27, 2015
Friday, June 26, 2015
Adam DeVille on Liturgical Calendars and the Dating of Pascha
The notion of going into schism over a calendar is wholly without logic, but we are not in the realm of logic here.
City of Man
Pontifical Eccesiastical Academy
Pope Francis on Thursday met with members of the Pontifical Eccesiastical Academy, the “Accademia” – the Roman...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 25, 2015
“The true authority of the Church of Rome is the charity of Christ.” That was the message of Pope Francis to members of...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 25, 2015
Meaningful Prayers
How can we transform our prayers so that they are more meaningful?
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, June 25, 2015
Thursday, June 25, 2015
His Beatitude Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni Passes
Pope Francis on Thursday sent a telegram of condolences to the Patriarchal Synod of the Patriarchate of Cilicia of the...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 25, 2015
L'Osservatore Romano
Armenian Catholic
Dr. Robert Fastiggi: The Roman Pontiff and Other Points of Division between Orthodox and Catholics
I haven't watched past the first five minutes but I suspect that Professor Fastiggi's view is more "traditional" or "conservative," even though he probably isn't a Latin traditionalist.
The Holy Eucharist - The World's Salvation
Joseph de Sainte-Marie, OCD. The Holy Eucharist—The World’s Salvation. Studies on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, its Celebration, and its Concelebration. With a Foreword by Dom Alcuin Reid, OSB. Leominster: Gracewing, 2015. xxxix + 557 pp.
Maybe Fr. Hunwicke will review the book.
What do Eastern apostolic Christians make of these claims:
(4) because “each Mass pours the redemptive Blood of Christ upon the Church and the whole world,” the Church and the world benefit from a multiplication of Masses and suffer loss from their reduction; (5) it can be demonstrated from documents of Tradition and of the Magisterium that the Church herself greatly desires that Masses be thus multiplied
More with Mor Ignatius Aphrem II
His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II consecrated St. Mary Church in Paderborne. Their Eminences Mor...
Posted by His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II on Monday, June 22, 2015
From Steubenville to University of Dallas
Sanford is author of the recently published Before Ethics.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Pope Francis Meets With Mor Ignatius Aphrem II
Pope Francis welcomed the Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church, Mor Ignatius Aphram II, to the Vatican on Friday.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, June 19, 2015
"Vatican's Climate Expert"
Vatican's Climate Expert, an Atheist, Speaks on Impact of Leader of World's 1.2B Catholics Tackling Environment IssueAlso Shares on How Encyclical 'Laudato Si' Can Be Decisive Push Needed
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Friday, June 19, 2015
Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Society
Pope Francis received the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Federation on Friday.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, June 19, 2015
Some pics from Pope Francis' audience for the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Society on...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, June 19, 2015
Religious Liberty Conference in Norcia
Rashid and Inessa Azbuhanov
With warm thanks to Paul Stetsenko who translated the interview for us.
Posted by Orthodox Arts Journal on Monday, June 22, 2015
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Working Document Published
The working document for the upcoming Synod Assembly is out.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Presentation to journalists of the Instrumentum laboris of the next Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family,to be held in the Vatican October 4 - 25. Watch LIVE now!
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
To What Purpose?
Catholics, Buddhists begin new round of dialogue.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
The President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, said on Wednesday he...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Crowing Over the Disappearance of Latin
He refers to an article written by a Maryknoll priest whose photo is of him dressed in a shirt and tie. Even if the liturgy should be intelligible to the people through a hieratic vernacular, this does not mean that the clerics should not know the sacred languages associated with their rite, and even more than that, if possible -- I would argue that the more educated clerics of the Roman rite should know Greek as well, and perhaps even Syriac. The necessity of Hebrew is less obvious to me, as the Septuagint and the New Testament are in Greek, though they should nonetheless have an understanding of old Jewish culture and tradition. Latin and Greek to understand the Latin and Greek Fathers in the original languages? Yes. And so long as their is a single Western patriarchate of consequqence (though it is denied, even officially by Benedict XVI) there should be a common language for bishops to communicate with one another. Is English really the best language for that task? (Rather than being the pragmatic solution at this time, since Latin is no longer being taught to Roman-rite clerics.)
A Bit Bare
Seeing how bare the temple is (and how filled with pews), I once again do not envision myself going back to the Roman rite. It no longer feels like heimat to me.
Monday, June 22, 2015
The Tomb of St John Bosco in the Santa Maria Ausiliatrice Basilica
Pope Francis on Sunday prayed in front of the tomb of St John Bosco in the Santa Maria Ausiliatrice Basilica in Turin.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 22, 2015
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Pope Francis Visits the Waldensians in Turin
Pope Francis meets the Evangelical Valdese Church in the Valdese Temple of Turin, in the course of his pastoral visit to the city, on the occasion of the bicentennial of the birth of Don Bosco. Watch LIVE now!
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, June 21, 2015
On the second day of his Apostolic Visit, Pope Francis made an historic visit to the Waldensian temple in Turin....
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 22, 2015
Pope Francis on Monday made an historic visit to the Waldensian temple in Turin.See our story at teh link: http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/06/22/pope_visits_waldensian_temple_in_turin/1153219
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 22, 2015
Photios Ketsetzis
What a legacy!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, June 21, 2015
His CV.
Analogion
A fan page?
Patriarch Bartholomew on Laudato Si'
His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew responded to Pope Francis' Climate Encyclical. Here is what he had to say.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, June 20, 2015
Saturday, June 20, 2015
An Interview with Fr. Roman Braga
A wonderful interview with Fr. Roman Braga of blessed memory.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Athonite Monasticism
Athonite monasticism by its ascetic striving and prayer keeps open the boundless horizons for perfection and bringing out the true worth of man!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Purifying Prayer
A short article that is worth reading!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Friday, June 19, 2015
Arges Cathedral and Monastery in Romania
The beautiful Arges Cathedral and monastery in Romania
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Charleston, SC
Here's a beautiful before and after from the iconography in Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Columbia, SC.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Fighting Emperors of Byzantium
In Fighting Emperors of Byzantium (288pp., Pen and Sword, 2015), Athens-based author and journalist (not to mention...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 15, 2015
Fabio de Fabii
Neat tidbit of history from the archive of the Pontifical Gregorian University
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Laudato Si'
The Presentation of Pope Francis' Encyclical "Be praised: on the care of our common home" is about to begin in the...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Pope Francis’ first encyclical is focused on the idea of ‘integral ecology’, connecting care of the natural world with...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
The following text is a useful guide for an initial reading of the Encyclical. It will help you to grasp the overall...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
The Encyclical letter Laudato si’ was launched in the Synod Hall of the Vatican on Thursday. Among the presenters was...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
The presentation of the Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis Laudato Si’ included a presentation by Metropolitan John...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
During the presentation of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato si’, climate scientist Hans Joachim Schellnhuber gave...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Pope Francis on Twitter: The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Pope Francis on Twitter: There is an intimate relationship between the poor and the fragility of the planet. #LaudatoSi
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
More Paper
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, June 17, 2015
More from the Pontifical Council for the Family...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Under these conditions, the October Synod could well seem like an Epiphany...of emptiness. It is very likely that Francis has already found out that the theses of which Cardinal Kasper had been one of the greatest champions, could not lead to a modification of the doctrine of the Church without provoking significant divisions. Some think that he believed, in his somewhat impressionistic theological way, that formulas could be found to open the door to a permission, in a certain number of cases, granted to divorced and remarried persons, to accede to the Sacraments of the Church, by playing mercy against "rigorism", "pastoral" against dogma.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II to Meet Pope Francis
From June 17-20, Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, will be in Rome to...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Sandro Magister Did It
Fr. Z: No Mercy for Magister
The director of the Holy See Press Office has issued a statement following the unauthorized release of Pope Francis’ latest encyclical.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015
Beauty
Beauty is the convincing power of truth. I just love that!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, June 15, 2015
Men in Black
Why the black attire? This is well explained.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, June 14, 2015
Sunday, June 14, 2015
The Spirit of the "Innovators"
What are your thoughts on liturgical translations?
I think, first of all, I would raise the question why we need translations. Why is it not possible to have liturgical books fashioned in the country itself? Now I realize that in a world of rapid travel there have to be some common formulations that are used, and that certainly should be kept in mind. But I don’t see why, for example, the prayers of the Mass (e.g., the Collect) have to be a translation of a Roman prayer. They could be formulated in the language of the country. English speakers could prepare their own prayers. If we have to have translations, they should be done and approved by the English-speaking episcopates themselves.
What do you think of our new 2011 missal translation? What are its strengths and weaknesses?
Well I myself, and it is my personal view, think it is not English as we use it. It’s too complicated, it’s very difficult to speak. People can’t understand what is being said, I don’t think. I don’t know that is has any strengths. I find it hard to think of its strengths.
My idea of translation is that you take something in a text and say it the way we say it in English, not that you try to retain the style and structure and flavor of another language.
Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare: Official Hymn of the Jubilee of the Order of Preachers.
Bad Latin music is still being created...
Interpreting Scripture Properly
While incorrect biblical interpretation and false images of God are older than Christianity, Benedictine Father Mark Sheridan focuses on how Early Church writers wrestled with the problem.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, June 13, 2015
Saturday, June 13, 2015
More on Eberhard Schockenhoff
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Who’s Afraid of the Theology of the Body? by Donna Bethell
An Unified Date for Pascha?
Francesco: «Così cattolici, ortodossi e protestanti potrebbero festeggiare nello stesso giorno» Finora è una festività mobile, legata al ciclo lunare: le regole stabilite dal Concilio di Nicea nel 325.
"Pasqua in una data fissa" Il Papa apre agli ortodossi
Cardinal Sarah's Comments on the Roman Rite
Per leggere e applicare la costituzione del Vaticano II sulla sacra liturgia. Da "L'Osservatore Romano" del 12 giugno 2015. L'autore è cardinale prefetto della congregazione per il culto divino e la disciplina dei sacramenti
(comments at Rorate Caeli)
Reaction at Pray Tell.
Part 2 of Raymond Arroyo's Interview with Cardinal Kasper
Full episode
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Kasper’s Flawed Path to Mercy for Divorced and Remarried by Monica Migliorino Miller
German Bishops have Prepared the Way for a De Facto Schism by Marie Meaney