Pope Francis kisses a pectoral cross during an audience with young priests and monks from Oriental Orthodox churches at the Vatican June 3, 2022. In his address the pope said Christians are called to ...

The head of the larger of India´s two Oriental Catholic Churches has allowed girls to serve at the altar, a move an official says will help promote gender equality in the Church. Cardinal Varkey ...

At least 750 people are reported dead after an attack on an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to a European watchgroup. On Jan. 9, the Europe External Programme with ...

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, leads a 2015 service at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo. (Credit: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters via CNS.) Listen ...

Changes the Syro-Malabar Church (SMC) is making in its sacramental rites are designed to help the Oriental Catholic Church "find its own identity." As of Jan. 6, when the changes took effect, a person ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis nominated Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, to the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on Feb. 19. The Pope confirmed both ...

Today's martyrs have become "the seed of Christian unity," Pope Francis said Monday during an audience with the leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and his delegation. "The ecumenism of ...

History was made on several fronts on Dec 7 as two cardinals from the Syro Malabar Eastern Catholic Church walked into St Peter’s Basilica, wearing black instead of the traditional red, consistent ...

Kochi: In a major development, the priests of Ernakulam Angamaly archdiocese on Tuesday handed over a letter to the Pontifical Delegate for the archdiocese Archbishop Cyril Vasil, urging him to study ...

KOTTAYAM: In a major development in the efforts to resolve the disputes between Jacobite and Orthodox groups within the Malankara Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches have stepped forward to ...

The solidarity of the whole Catholic world "has come to meet the emergencies of wars and migrations, but above all it has been able to guarantee the life of the Churches, pastoral and evangelization ...