Like the Christian West, the various Eastern rites of the Church observe the weeks before Christmas with spiritual preparation and prayer. In Western Christianity this is called Advent — a word ...

Pope Leo XIV greets people at Jubilee of the Oriental Churches in the Vatican’s Audience Hall on May 14, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen Pope Leo XIV says the Church needs the Christian East and ...

Vatican officials do not understand the situation of Christians and must learn to “work with the local churches, not above”, ...

The ongoing military escalation between Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah has not only put Lebanon under fire, including the country’s Christians, but the situation could also diminish the presence ...

The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches has prepared a pastoral guide for the 2025 Jubilee of the Eastern Churches, to be celebrated May 12–14, in order to make known the richness of the Christian ...

The promotion of Christian unity, especially between the Catholic and Orthodox churches, is the "pursuit of catholicity," that is, of a holistic vision of Christianity that values and safeguards its ...

Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV appears to have taken to heart a plea from one of his closest neighbors during the conclave--Cardinal Louis Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq. Seated ...

NYIREGHAZA, Hungary — Pilgrims and Byzantine art lovers from all over the world, who come in large numbers every year to the famous shrine of the Weeping Icon in Máriapócs in eastern Hungary, will now ...

Two Eastern Catholic bishops have issued statements with in-depth theological and canonical reasons for their rejection of a controversial Vatican document on pastoral blessings for same-sex couples ...

The U.S. State Department said it is coordinating with the Catholic Church to send $3 million in humanitarian aid to Cuba ...