Features Thu, 23 Jan 2025 07:12:00 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Pope, Melkite patriarch formalize full communion with Rome /home/international/item/26814-pope-melkite-patriarch-formalize-full-communion-with-rome /home/international/item/26814-pope-melkite-patriarch-formalize-full-communion-with-rome VATICAN – Formalizing their unity in the intimate setting of the chapel of the papal residence, Pope Francis and Melkite Patriarch Joseph Absi concelebrated Mass together in the presence of members of the Melkite synod of bishops.
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BEIRUT – The Melkite Catholic Church resumed its Synod of Bishops after nearly an eight-month interruption.

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