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��Ƶapp Orthodox Church calls boycotted Crete council ‘an important event’

Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:00:00 -0400

The ��Ƶapp Orthodox Church, whose boycott of a major summit of Orthodox Christian leaders in Crete last month threatened to slow down efforts to promote greater unity, has declared the meeting “an important event in the history of the conciliar process.”

Pope's welcome in Turkey as chilly as the weather

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:00:00 -0500

VATICAN CITY - Ankara and Istanbul were gray and cold during Pope Francis' Nov. 28-30 visit to Turkey. And the general reception, outside of the Pope's official meetings, was hardly warmer.

Pope prays in Istanbul mosque, rallies local Christians

Sat, 29 Nov 2014 16:40:00 -0500

ISTANBUL - A day after hearing Turkish leaders demand the West show more respect for Islam, Pope Francis prayed alongside a Muslim cleric inside Istanbul's most famous mosque.

Fifty years later, Pope and patriarch meet again in Jerusalem

Sun, 25 May 2014 20:00:00 -0400

JERUSALEM - Half a century after a historic encounter between their predecessors, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met in the same place to seek inspiration for Christian unity at the site of Christ's death and resurrection.

Ecumenical Patriarch visits Bethlehem ahead of Pope meeting

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Fri, 23 May 2014 20:00:00 -0400

BETHLEHEM - As workers continue to assemble the stage on which Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in Manger Square, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the city of Jesus' birth, leading a procession of Orthodox bishops, priests and officials from the Palestinian Authority into the Church of the Nativity.

Hopes rise that Pope, patriarch meeting renews Christian unity effort

Sun, 04 May 2014 20:00:00 -0400

ROME - The Orthodox bishop who is co-ordinating the upcoming pilgrimage to Jerusalem by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople said he hopes the patriarch's May 25 meeting with Pope Francis will give new impetus to efforts for Christian unity.