News

Byzcath.org News provides news focusing on the Christian East from varous sources and offers links to other sites dedicated to providing the news about the Church.

Churches and organizations that provide news about the Eastern Churches are invited to submit their news stories to us for publication here (use the contact page for submission)..

Materials from the Vatican Information Service, Zenit, CWNews.com and other sources are published here with permission of their owners but may not be republished further without the permission of their original publishers. Please visit these sites to obtain additional general news about the Church. In addition to these sources EWTN News also provides a good general news summary.

Photo: Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I embrace.

Filters
Title Created Date
Leading Russian Orthodox official laments persecution, says ‘Islamic terrorism’ does not exist 17-02-23
Coptic Christians murdered, Islamic group vows more attacks in Egypt 17-02-23
Patriarch calls for Lenten prayer for peace in Iraq 17-02-23
Vatican calls for adherence to ceasefire in Ukraine 17-02-22
Egypt: road planned through ancient monastery’s land 17-02-22
Flames of Faith 17-02-20
Syrian Orthodox Church weighs special synod to address Patriarch’s gesture of respect for Qu’ran 17-02-20
Pope prays for victims of violence in Congo, Pakistan, Iraq 17-02-20
Pope recalls Saints Cyril and Methodius 17-02-16
Historic cathedral transferred back to Russian Orthodox Church 17-02-16
Syrian Orthodox bishops assail Patriarch for reverencing Qu’ran 17-02-15
Cardinal Kurt Koch proposes to set up a commission to reconcile the UGCC and ROC 17-02-14
Russian Orthodox clerics sees joint effort with Catholic Church to help persecuted Christians 17-02-14
Georgian Orthodox priest accused in plot to poison Patriarch 17-02-14
Leading Russian Orthodox official speaks of Ukrainian Catholics’ ‘enmity and hatred’ 17-02-14
USCCB: prelates express solidarity with Middle East’s Christians, other religious minorities 17-02-14
Cardinal Nichols raps UK restriction on Syrian refugees 17-02-13
Fresh signs of life at Markham's Cathedral of the Transfiguration 17-02-10
The Head of UGCC, "the Moscow Patriarchate has never been a universal arbiter even in the Orthodox world" 17-02-10
Aleppo described as ‘post-apocalyptic’ 17-02-10
Head of UGCC thanked Apostolic nuncio to Ukraine: “All over this rough time His Holiness supports people who suffer” 17-02-08
Hungarian government gives grant to Russian churches 17-02-08
Fight corruption, Romanian Orthodox Church urges 17-02-08
Iraqi prelate: foreign troops, sectarian militias could endanger Iraq’s future 17-02-06
Head of the UGCC will attend the reburial of Bishop Ivan (Marhitych) in Zakarpattya 17-02-03