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Pope’s blessings for ‘same-sex couples’ definitively sink ecumenical dialogue with Copts

March 09, 2024

One of the most influential Oriental Orthodox Churches has suspended theological dialogue with the Catholic Church and reaffirmed its opposition to “all forms of homosexual relationships,” in the latest blow to a recent Vatican document which sets a way for blessing members of same-sex relationships. The declaration – “Fiducia Supplicans: On the Pastoral Meaning of

King Charles continues to speak up for UK’s Coptic Orthodox Christians

December 07, 2023

King Charles III expressed his “greatest admiration for the Coptic community” during a visit to the Coptic Orthodox Church Centre in Hertfordshire, maintaining a keen personal interest in the religion since his days as a prince. There are approximately 40,000 Coptic Orthodox Christians in the United Kingdom, who are represented by Archbishop Angaelos of London.

Pope Francis praises Coptic Orthodox martyrs as ‘saints of all Christians’

February 16, 2021

In a video message for the “Day of Contemporary Martyrs” Feb. 15, the pope said, “I hold in my heart that baptism of blood, those twenty-one men baptized as Christians with water and the Spirit.”