On April 22, 2025, Hofstra University in New York awarded the prestigious Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize 2024 to two global leaders in interfaith cooperation: the United Religions Initiative (URI) and its founder the Rt....
KINGNEWSWIRE / Press release / Easter, a celebration of renewal and compassion, became even more meaningful this year thanks to the inspiring efforts of the Church of Scientology and its volunteers. Across Hungary and...
On the occasion of the death of Pope Francis, following his video address on social networks yesterday, today Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew made an official statement.
Here is part of the text published on the official...
The Catholic Church and the world at large are mourning the loss of Pope Francis, who, as reported by Vatican News, passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. The news of his passing...
As Europeans wake up to the joyful sounds of church bells and the sweet scent of blooming flowers, they mark a momentous occasion: Easter Sunday. On this glorious day, Christians across the continent come...
Good Friday, the solemn day commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, is observed with deep reverence across Europe. This holy day falls within Holy Week, leading up to Easter Sunday, and serves as a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Religious Freedom (IRF) Roundtable welcomes the announcement—made last night via the platform X—of Congressman Mark Walker’s selection by the Trump administration to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for...
Brussels – The Council of the European Union (EU) imposed sanctions and restrictive measures on a number of courts, judges and prisons in Iran in its decision 2025/774. These sanctions spotlight the role of judicial...
KINGNEWSWIRE / Press release // A Year of Celebration and Progress: The Church of Scientology and Celebrity Centre of Greater Paris Marks its First Anniversary
Saint-Denis – A year after its grand opening, the Church of Scientology...
Anna Safronova, 59, a Jehovah's Witness, convicted for her faith, is subjected to inhuman treatment in penal colony No. 7 in Zelenokumsk (Stavropol Territory), and she also does not receive proper medical care. The...
By St. Dionysius of Alexandria
From the letter of St. Dionysius († 264), Bishop of Alexandria, about the times of persecution and the epidemic of the so-called Cyprian plague. The disease that struck the Roman...
By St. Photius the Great
Question 11. Why, after Adam sinned and received death as punishment, did his son, who had not even sinned, die before him? (Gen. 3:19; 4:8)
The deepest and most sublime explanation...
With the blessings of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the approval of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (AEP) is pleased to announce that the 2025 Athenagoras...
By Martin Hoegger*
The congress held in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills above Rome, from 27 to 29 March 2025 concluded with a selection of ecumenical experiences. They bear witness to the importance of a...
MIVILUDES, the French government agency tasked with monitoring so-called “cultic deviations,” recently released its latest report, covering the years 2021 to 2024. While it claims to protect the public from harmful practices, the report...
By Martin Hoegger*
Castelgandolfo, 28 March 2025. The Catholic Church Synod on the theme of ‘Synodality’ held in Rome in October 2023 and 2024 had an ecumenical dimension through the presence of delegates from other Churches....
On February 23, 2025, in the Church of Archangel Raphael of the Synodal House of the True Orthodox Church of Russia in Moscow, after the Divine Liturgy, a scientific and practical conference "The Light...
The Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (EOCM) has been granted the right to be called the Estonian Orthodox Church in court. The registration of this name was initially denied and was considered...
By Martin Hoegger*
Castel Gandolfo, 29 March 2025. The year 2025 is rich in ecumenical events: the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, which expressed the Christian faith, Easter celebrated on the same date by...
By Martin Hoegger
Castelgandolfo, 26 March 2025. At the congress of the Focolare Movement, four theologians from different Churches shared what dialogue means to them: dialogue of life, of the heart, of prayer, but also...
By Archpriest George Mitrofanov
However, the part of the Russian church hierarchy that was abroad since 1921 decided to take the mission to act on behalf of the Russian Orthodox Church freely and openly, primarily...
By Archpriest George Mitrofanov
The history of the Russian Orthodox Church of the 20th century is, first of all, the history of persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church, which had experienced mainly in the conditions...
By Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk (Sokolov)
Instructions on how catechetical teaching should be offered to the people
1) Catechetical teaching should be given only on Sunday mornings.
2) An hour before the liturgy, ring the large bell...
By Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk (Sokolov)
Circular letter to the Voronezh clergy
By the grace of God, humble Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh and Yelets, to the archimandrites, abbots, hieromonks, archpriests, priests and other clergy of the...
By Saint Simeon of Thessalonica
Each of us, according to his rank, bears a divine and highest image. The bishop is the image of Jesus, and then the presbyter, according to the authority to perform...