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  • Patriarchate Asks for Title to U.S. Church Property

    Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew wants legal title to properties around the world, but how would this, as the author below argues, secure the legal position of the the Patriarchate vis-a-vis the Turkish government? Further, with the request for metropolitans worldwide to apply for Turkish citizenship, the Ecumenical Patriarch seems to be distancing the Patriarchate from the…

  • Thomistic Analysis of Pluralism and Totalitarianism

    I do not suggest that government is bent upon tyranny or that those who govern are not attempting to seek good things; I do suggest that, willy-nilly, this process is totalitarian in the strict sense, in that it must relativize the particular communities that were once subsidiary societies –families and churches, for example– in order…

  • Report: 20 Orthodox bishops apply for Turkish citizenship

    Writing for AsiaNews.it, Nat da Polis in Istanbul reveals “very important” news: At the suggestion of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, there is the possibility of granting citizenship to the metropolitans of the Turkish Diaspora. This fact satisfies the ecumenical will of Bartholomew and unlocks the door to the possibility that in future a bishop who…

  • Gay Activists Target Signers Of The Manhattan Declaration

    Susan Brinkman of the Philadelphia Bulletin writes: Same-sex marriage proponents are threatening to cause disruptions in the diocese of every bishop who signed the Manhattan Declaration, a statement calling on Christians to stand up for their belief in the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and religious liberty. A post appearing on GayBuzz(dot)blogspot on Nov. 28…

  • Pope Benedict’s message to Albanian Orthodox

    From Zenit: Christ’s Saving Message Has Borne Fruit in Your Country VATICAN CITY, DEC. 4, 2009 — Here is the address Benedict XVI delivered today upon receiving in audience Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, who is the head of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania. * * * Your Beatitude, “Grace to…

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