In addition to a position with God, the Christian has a commandment to love one's neighbor as a creation and likeness of God. Christian love of neighbor requires from us an inner union with...
One of the Jewish scribes, wishing to test Christ, asked Him before the people, "Master, what commandment is great before the law?" And Jesus answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all...
A total of 19 Romanovs who were liquidated by the Bolshevik government were canonized as new martyrs for Christ's sake (victims of anti-Christian forces), first by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, later recognized as...
The problem related to ecology is not only to clean public places and beaches from garbage - this is the concern of local municipal authorities; economic problems are an aesthetic issue that presupposes the...
Card. Hollerich offers condolences on the passing away of former Nuncio to the EU, Archbishop Lebeaupin
It is with great sadness that we learned on Thursday 24 June 2021 about the passing away of Archbishop Alain Paul...
A cleric threw a bottle of sulfuric acid at several Greek metropolitans today at the synod palace at the Petraki monastery in central Athens, Romfea agency reported. He is a hieromonk, a clergyman of...
The autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate, also known as the Turkish Orthodox Church (Turk. Ortodoks Kilisesi), is a Turkish nationalist denomination whose doctrine and worship are identical to those of the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
It was...
COMECE on the European Commission’s Digital Services Act package
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) participated in a consultation of the European Commission commenting on the recently proposed regulations on...
The Lutheran World Federation has elected 45-yeard-old Estonian theologian Rev. Anne Burghardt as its next General Secretary and she is the first woman and Central East European to head the 77-million strong communion of Lutherans.
The establishment narrowly headed off a takeover attempt by a hard-right movement at this week's Southern Baptist convention in Nashville. Ed Litton, a moderate pastor from Alabama, won the crucial three-way contest in the presidential election with the potential to reshape the future of the country's largest Protestant denomination.
Online event on exposing sexual exploitation of women that targets vulnerable religious communities
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) invites you to join to the event “Targeting vulnerable religious communities through...
In different traditions we have descriptions of travels outside the borders of the earth. Undoubtedly, if Dante accepts Virgil as his guide during the first two parts of his journey, the reason is in...
Dante's poetry played a huge role in shaping Renaissance humanism and in the development of European cultural tradition in general, having a significant impact on culture not only in poetic and artistic, but in...
The ecumenical Patriarch Jeremiah II comments on the Confession of Augsburg
The 25th September 1559 Philipp Melanchton wrote in a circular letter to a number of friends, that he the very day had dispatched a letter...
TB Joshua the televangelist and philanthropist did not complete his secondary education but grew a massive following as a preacher, advancing Pentecostalism in Africa and many people view his death at the age of 57 as unexpected early.
In an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), speaks about his audience with Pope Francis, saying the Holy Father inspires hope as COMECE continues its work for Europe.