The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation voted in early June to encourage the ldquo lifting of the restrictions regarding the ordination of married men to the priesthood in the Eastern Catholic Churches of North America rdquo ldquo This action would affirm the ancient and leg

Some commentators and theologians have over the past 15 months or so drawn parallels between Pope Francis rsquo warm embrace of the world with Vatican II rsquo s pastoral tone in particular that of the Council rsquo s ldquo Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World rdquo ldquo

Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day June 6 1944 a momentous day was the culmination of Operation Overlord a long-planned operation to liberate Europe from the Nazi scourge that Hitler and his regime had spawned The massive operation required troops to depart from the coast of England and la

For the past half century political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic and in the Middle East with varying levels of political will have used an array of instruments in an effort to broker a lasting peace accord between Israelis and Palestinians They have failed up to now and that 66-year-old

Popes pray for peace it is part of their ministry And when war is raging or peace negotiations seem hopelessly bogged down recent popes have invited leaders of other Christian traditions and other faiths to join them in prayer Pope Francis has put a twist on the interreligious prayer gathering by

Cambridge MA In my nbsp previous post I described key features of nbsp ldquo Dialogue in Truth and Charity rdquo the document released by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to mark its 50th anniversary As I noted at the end of that piece the document is most valuable for its