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by bcadmin | Feb 20, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Chastity, Code of Canon Law, Eastern Catholic Churches, News, preistly celibacy, Vatican, Vatican conference | 0 |
The requirement that most priests in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church be celibate has theological and spiritual foundations and not only practical motivations, said speakers at an international conference on priesthood.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 20, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Chastity, Code of Canon Law, Eastern Catholic Churches, News, preistly celibacy, Vatican, Vatican conference | 0 |
The requirement that most priests in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church be celibate has theological and spiritual foundations and not only practical motivations, said speakers at an international conference on priesthood.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 8, 2021 | Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Church in Oceania, Eastern Catholic Churches, Maronite Church, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, News, Plenary Council, synodality, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 0 |
Members gathered for the first assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council have backed calls to ensure the Catholic Church in the country more fully embraces its liturgical diversity, particularly the rich presence of Eastern churches.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 15, 2021 | Eastern Catholic Churches, Holy Land, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Middle East, News, Patriarchs, peace | 0 |
“All the patriarchs and bishops are invited to participate in this intense prayer, and to be in a profound Communion of prayer together during this blessed day.”
The post Catholics in Holy Land to Celebrate “Peace Day for the East” appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 19, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Eastern Catholic Churches, German bishops, German Church, Germany, immigrants and refugees, News | 0 |
Germany’s bishops have pledged to improve the integration of Eastern Catholics in the predominant Latin-rite church, as part of ongoing plans to help migrants and refugees.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 8, 2020 | Arabian Peninsula, Baptism, Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, Council for the Economy, Eastern Catholic Churches, Ferragosto, lead, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis, Spain, Vatican finances | 0 |
For the whole Catholic world, August 15 means the Feast of the Assumption. In Italy, it also means ferragosto, the traditional summer holiday that sees the whole country head to either the beach or the mountains, or both, roughly from the second week of August until early September.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Congregation for Eastern Churches, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Easter, Eastern Catholic Churches, Holy Week, News, Triduum, Vatican | 0 |
The Vatican has asked Catholic bishops around the world, both in the Latin rite and the Eastern Catholic Churches, to provide their faithful with resources to support personal and family prayer during Holy Week and at Easter, especially where COVID-19 restrictions prevent them from going to church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 20, 2020 | ad limina, Bishop Borys Gudziak, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Rites, News, Pope Francis, US bishops, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis “is a father who knows very well his daughters and sons,” including those who belong to the Eastern Catholic churches, said the Armenian Catholic bishop of the United States and Canada.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 19, 2020 | ad limina, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Eastern Catholic Churches, Married priests, News, US bishops, Vatican | 0 |
In the United States, there are 17 eparchies — dioceses — that belong to one of nine Eastern Catholic churches: the Ukrainian, Ruthenian, Maronite, Chaldean, Melkite, Syriac, Syro-Malabar, Armenian and Romanian Catholic Churches. Most on on their ad limina visit to Rome.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 17, 2020 | ad limina, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Eastern Catholic Churches, News, St. Peter's Basilica, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, US bishops, Vatican | 0 |
While the Eastern Catholic churches have different liturgies that highlight centuries-old cultural and religious traditions, they all remain united in their commitment to serve Christ and his church, said Bishop Jacob Angadiath of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago.
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