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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:55:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-online-an-orthodox-priest-reflects-on-the-retirement-of-pope-benedict-xvi/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-online-an-orthodox-priest-reflects-on-the-retirement-of-pope-benedict-xvi/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:55:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12535 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Catholic Online published an essay I wrote on the abdication of Pope Benedict. Source: Catholic Online | By Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse NAPLES, FL. (Catholic Online) – Like almost everyone, the resignation of Pope Benedict came as a shock to Orthodox believers. Those of us who have watched Pope Benedict and his predecessor Pope John […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-online-an-orthodox-priest-reflects-on-the-retirement-of-pope-benedict-xvi/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-and-catholics-face-the-same-challenges/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-and-catholics-face-the-same-challenges/#respond Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:16:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11204 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Making common cause against secularism and other maladies of the modern era with the Catholic Church is a wise course. The Russian Orthodox Church approves (see my articles on Catholic Online). But how will Constantinople respond? Below is a press release where Pope Benedict sounds the same theme in a message to Pat. Bartholomew of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-and-catholics-face-the-same-challenges/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-russian-in-rome-video/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-russian-in-rome-video/#respond Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:40:01 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11026 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Inside Vatican The end of state atheism in Russia in 1991 and the return to Christian faith in that country, at least in a modest way, in the years since — opinions on the extent of Russia’s religious renewal are sharply divided — seemed something impossible in the 1960s, 1970, 1980s… Pope John Paul […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-russian-in-rome-video/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/patsourakos-catholic-church-must-be-serious-in-defrocking-abusive-priests/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patsourakos-catholic-church-must-be-serious-in-defrocking-abusive-priests/#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2010 03:48:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8524 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From George Patsourakos’ website Theology and Society. George is a commentator and contributor to the AOI Observer. I have only one quibble with this otherwise strong editorial. The problem of pedophilia (a misnomer, it is really pedastery) was not a “…result of the Catholic Church’s policy of secrecy in which bishops transferred pedophile priests to […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patsourakos-catholic-church-must-be-serious-in-defrocking-abusive-priests/feed/ 17 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-holy-alliance-between-rome-and-moscow-is-born/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-holy-alliance-between-rome-and-moscow-is-born/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 19:24:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6756 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Again, almost incomprehensible just a few short years ago. Highlight: “The common objective: the “new evangelization” of Europe. A delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church visits the Vatican, which publishes an anthology of the patriarch’s writings. A meeting between Kirill and Benedict XVI keeps getting closer.” by Sandro Magister Chiesa Espresso ROME, May 24, 2010 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-holy-alliance-between-rome-and-moscow-is-born/feed/ 9 https://www.aoiusa.org/6752/ https://www.aoiusa.org/6752/#respond Mon, 24 May 2010 16:37:36 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6752 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Pope John-Paul II, long before the fall of Communism said that the spiritual renewal of Western Europe would come from Russia. These were prophetic words as it turns out, but at the time many culture watchers thought they were the idealistic ramblings of a dreamer. Who would have thought just a few short decades ago […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/6752/feed/ 0