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Photo: Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I embrace.

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Leading Russian Orthodox official hopes Trump’s policies will help persecuted Christians 17-02-03
Ukraine’s bishops urge prayers for peace 17-02-03
Iraqi archbishop welcomes Trump order to help religious minorities 17-02-03
Ukrainian Catholic leader meets with families of slain protestors 17-02-03
Iraqi archbishop’s US visit postponed because of executive order 17-02-03
Iraqi patriarch: Trump executive order harms the Middle East’s Christians 17-02-01
Vatican envoy: Aleppo’s Christians are strong, hopeful for the future 17-02-01
The Head of UGCC on the Feast of the Epiphany: "To realize our own dignity – is already a revolution" 17-01-30
Chaldean Patriarch visits towns liberated from Islamic State 17-01-30
Byzantine Catholic faithful bless Susquehanna River during service 17-01-30
Shared suffering should bring Christians closer together, Pope tells ecumenical commission 17-01-27
Iraqi patriarch: inciting violence against other religions should be a crime 17-01-25
Catholic, Orthodox prelates discuss terrorism and Islam 17-01-20
USCCB awards $2.3M to projects in Eastern Europe 17-01-20
Syrian Catholic Archbishop: Iraqi Christians don’t want ‘humanitarian corridor’ 17-01-18
Group has spent $45M to aid Middle East’s persecuted Christians 17-01-17
Authorized representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Kyiv Patriarchate in search for solutions to Ukrainian Orthodoxy issue in Istanbul 17-01-16
Russian cathedral, converted to ‘museum of atheism,’ returning to religious use 17-01-13
Syrian prelate urges West to end sanctions and support for rebels 17-01-12
Patriarch Kirill grateful for ‘resurrection of faith’ since Communism’s fall 17-01-12
In Ethiopia, Church works against genital mutilation 17-01-11
Egypt: Muslim leader visits Coptic cathedral 17-01-11
Belarus may ban religious symbols in medical settings 17-01-11
Egyptian President unveils plans for Coptic cathedral in Cairo 17-01-10
President Obama offers Christmas greetings to Orthodox Christians 17-01-10