What the Church loses when Lenten discipline is relaxed
February 27, 2020
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Lent is a time when we dwell on our own sinfulness and seek the grace of repentance. We should not
Moscow is failing to quell support for the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine
November 14, 2019
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In December last year, Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople recognised an autocephalous Orthodox Church in Ukraine. In doing so, he
The Viganò affair has revealed the depth of the Church’s crisis
August 22, 2019
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A year ago, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò was a retired diplomat who was little known beyond the limited world of
Why won’t the Orthodox pray with Francis in Bulgaria?
April 18, 2019
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On May 5, Pope Francis begins a three-day trip to Bulgaria. He will pray with members of the country’s Catholic
Is true independence on the way for Ukraine’s Orthodox Christians?
December 13, 2018
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Last October, Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople announced the creation of a new autocephalous (self-governing) national Church in Ukraine. A
Greece: On the precipice
November 8, 2018
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Will the monks of Mount Athos side with Moscow or Constantinople? The rift between the Russian Orthodox Church and the
Brave new Church: can Catholicism be decentralised?
November 1, 2018
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The youth synod’s final report resoundingly endorses ‘synodality’. This could be a positive step – once bishops have worked out what it means
How to decentralise a Church
November 1, 2018
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Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has often expressed the desire for a more “synodal” style of Church life,
The Orthodox Church is on the brink of a new Great Schism
September 27, 2018
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Tensions over Ukraine threaten to tear apart the world’s 300 million Orthodox Christians
Orthodoxy on the brink
September 27, 2018
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For centuries, the archbishops of Constantinople could credibly claim to be the “Ecumenical Patriarch”. Their see was the “New Rome”,
Archbishop Viganò has sparked a revolution no one can control
September 13, 2018
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A man who rose quietly through the Curia has become the most incendiary figure in the Church
A diplomat unleashed
September 13, 2018
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How a man who rose quietly through the Curia became the most incendiary figure in the Catholic Church Anybody considering