A Lebanese bishop yesterday reminded the Synod that Pope John Paul II in his 1995 encyclical Ut Unum Sint called for a review of the practice of papal primacy in the light of the ecclesiology of the First Millennium It was good to recall said Guy-Paul Noujaim a Lebanese auxiliary and titular bi

ROME The excellent New York-based Catholic Near East Welfare Assocation CNEWA yesterday organised a fringe press meeting to consider some of the North-American dimensions of the Synod discussions It was hosted by CNEWA s secretary-general Msgr also Archimandrite of the Greek-Catholic patriarc

Perhaps more than other Christians who seem more open to floating freely among various denominations for worship and identity Catholics tend to view some other churches as monolithic institutions with clear doctrine and discipline guiding all members along a straight and narrow path But the cove

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ROME I arrived this morning to find the 185 Catholic bishops summoned by Pope Benedict to discuss the Middle East deep into their discussions nbsp It s day three of the two-week Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops and they are beginning the discussion in small groups i

Many of us will celebrate Mass with African priests who come to the United States from various countries in Africa While these priests are helping us and bring us the sacraments at the same time many take advantage of educational opportunities in the United States with hopes to bring this knowledg