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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 Thu, 02 May 2013 20:54:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/building-bridges-between-orthodox-and-catholic-christians-interview-with-fr-robert-taft-sj/ https://www.aoiusa.org/building-bridges-between-orthodox-and-catholic-christians-interview-with-fr-robert-taft-sj/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 20:53:45 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12682 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: The Catholic World Report | Christopher B. Warner The April 22nd kidnapping of Syrian archbishops Mar Gregorios Ibrahim of the Syriac Orthodox Church and Paul Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, and the killing of their driver, has reminded us once again of the vulnerability of ancient Christian peoples living in the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/building-bridges-between-orthodox-and-catholic-christians-interview-with-fr-robert-taft-sj/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/la-stampa-divisions-in-orthodox-church-hinder-pope%e2%80%99s-meeting-with-patriarch-of-moscow/ https://www.aoiusa.org/la-stampa-divisions-in-orthodox-church-hinder-pope%e2%80%99s-meeting-with-patriarch-of-moscow/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:04:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11045 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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We are getting more news from the Catholic/Italian press than we are from Orthodox sources. This report appears reliable; the author has a good grasp of the ecclessiological disagreements between Constantinople and Moscow, particularly the conflict about what constitutes primacy in Orthodoxy. This question must be settled before a Pan-Orthodox Council can take place and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/la-stampa-divisions-in-orthodox-church-hinder-pope%e2%80%99s-meeting-with-patriarch-of-moscow/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/shades-of-grey-the-record-of-archbishop-stepinac/ https://www.aoiusa.org/shades-of-grey-the-record-of-archbishop-stepinac/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:51:49 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10128 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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As a long-time upholder of friendship and alliance between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox traditionalists, I am disheartened by Pope Benedict XVI’s uncritical portrayal of Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac (1898-1960) as a saintly figure during his visit to Croatia earlier this week. In a homily at the Zagreb Cathedral the Pontiff called Stepinac “a fearless pastor […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/shades-of-grey-the-record-of-archbishop-stepinac/feed/ 12 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarion-an-alliance-of-faith-orthodox-catholic-cooperation/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarion-an-alliance-of-faith-orthodox-catholic-cooperation/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:10:18 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9606 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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Highlight: Our challenges “…are first and foremost the challenges of a godless world, which is equally hostile today to Orthodox believers and Catholics, the challenge of the aggressive Islamic movement, the challenge of moral corruption, family decay, the abandonment by many people in traditionally Christian countries of the traditional family structure, liberalism in theology and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarion-an-alliance-of-faith-orthodox-catholic-cooperation/feed/ 10 https://www.aoiusa.org/vatican-ii-and-the-orthodox-bishops/ https://www.aoiusa.org/vatican-ii-and-the-orthodox-bishops/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:17:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8096 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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Fr. Tom asks: Is it possible that the teaching of the Second Vatican Council about the ministry of bishops in the Roman Catholic Church is now being taught and practiced in an adapted and altered form in our Orthodox churches today? It’s a cogent and sober warning about the subversion of Orthodox ecclesiology that unfortunately […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/vatican-ii-and-the-orthodox-bishops/feed/ 18 https://www.aoiusa.org/aide-catholic-church-plays-key-role-in-dialogue-in-cuba/ https://www.aoiusa.org/aide-catholic-church-plays-key-role-in-dialogue-in-cuba/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:41:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7188 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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VATICAN CITY, JULY 11, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The announcement of the upcoming release of political dissidents in Cuba, an event in which the Church played a vital role, is a significant step for the Caribbean nation, says a Vatican spokesman. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican press office, said this in the most […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/aide-catholic-church-plays-key-role-in-dialogue-in-cuba/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/how-about-a-good-catholic-story/ https://www.aoiusa.org/how-about-a-good-catholic-story/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 14:15:11 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6777 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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This post isn’t intended to cheer-lead the Catholic Church, but to show the kind of ministry we Orthodox could also be doing. We do some very good things (FOCUS, IOCC, etc.) but imagine what a clearer focusing of goals and resources could accomplish. Watch the interview and get inspired. Here the Catholics are a good […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/how-about-a-good-catholic-story/feed/ 4 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 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-to-visit-italy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-to-visit-italy/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:30:59 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6402 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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Moscow clearly has taken the lead in world Orthodoxy. +++++++++++++++++ Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, will visit Italy from May 14th to 20th, 2010, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The programme of his stay will include a visit […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-to-visit-italy/feed/ 58 https://www.aoiusa.org/as-we-move-towards-unity/ https://www.aoiusa.org/as-we-move-towards-unity/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:00:44 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6364 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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The Crumbling of America and the American Orthodox Church The real institutional danger facing Orthodoxy in American arises less from malfeasance and more from reasonably well-intentioned individuals making decisions without a sense of their own limits and the frailty of the Church as a social institution. On Holy Saturday, Peggy Noonan published an interesting and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/as-we-move-towards-unity/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/dialogue-on-katyn-massacre-between-the-orthodox-and-roman-catholic-churches/ https://www.aoiusa.org/dialogue-on-katyn-massacre-between-the-orthodox-and-roman-catholic-churches/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:53:38 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6335 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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This is a compelling interview, although the promise towards reconciliation it offered may be delayed, or worse, cut short, with the terrible airplane crash of Polish dignitaries near Moscow yesterday. They were flying to Russia to commemorate the Katyn Massacre (called “tragedy” below), and, if the interview below is accurate, look for some common ground […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/dialogue-on-katyn-massacre-between-the-orthodox-and-roman-catholic-churches/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-brings-music-to-constantinople-on-the-three-romes-tour/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-brings-music-to-constantinople-on-the-three-romes-tour/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:39:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6182 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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They also performed at Agia Irene (St. Irene) Church Museum. (From the Russian National Orchestra website.) ++++++++++ Orthodox and Catholic churches unite with music TV-Novosti Russian spiritual music was ringing out in Istanbul last night as part of a major international project aimed at uniting the main centers of Christian culture. The project is the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-brings-music-to-constantinople-on-the-three-romes-tour/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/cardinal-levada-%e2%80%98union-with-the-catholic-church-is-the-goal-of-ecumenism%e2%80%99/ https://www.aoiusa.org/cardinal-levada-%e2%80%98union-with-the-catholic-church-is-the-goal-of-ecumenism%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:39:44 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6066 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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A summary of a recent speech from a Catholic Cardinal who argues that all ecumenical activity should lead to a reconciliation of all Churches with Rome. Read the full text of the speech. Orthodoxy is only mentioned in terms of the “Eastern Catholic” practices. +++++++++++++++++++++++ In a lengthy address delivered in Canada on March 6, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/cardinal-levada-%e2%80%98union-with-the-catholic-church-is-the-goal-of-ecumenism%e2%80%99/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-of-constantinople%c2%b4s-new-encyclical-defends-catholic-orthodox-dialogue/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-of-constantinople%c2%b4s-new-encyclical-defends-catholic-orthodox-dialogue/#respond Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:55:13 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5940 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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The Catholic take on +Bartholomew’s Sunday of Orthodoxy encyclical. Caveat: I am a columnist for Catholic Online. ISTANBUL, Turkey, (CNA Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople´s newest encyclical encourages dialogue between the Orthodox Church and other Christian churches and laments those who are “unacceptably fanatical” in challenging such dialogue. He specifically condemned the false rumors spread about […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-of-constantinople%c2%b4s-new-encyclical-defends-catholic-orthodox-dialogue/feed/ 0