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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, 29 Jan 2010 23:14:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-herald-in-russia-the-path-to-unity-is-defrosting/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-herald-in-russia-the-path-to-unity-is-defrosting/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:43:43 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5689 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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Roman Catholic reporting about union between Rome and Orthodoxy tends to be over optimistic. The Catholics seem to want union much more than the Orthodox do. A clearer assessment might be that Moscow sees cooperation with Rome as necessary to re-Christianize Europe, to help Europe rediscover its moral and religious moorings. Nevertheless, a significant thaw […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-herald-in-russia-the-path-to-unity-is-defrosting/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/kremlin-vatican-upgrade-diplomatic-ties/ https://www.aoiusa.org/kremlin-vatican-upgrade-diplomatic-ties/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:08:37 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4965 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 — Pope Benedict XVI and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed Thursday to upgrade Vatican-Kremlin relations to full diplomatic ties, the Vatican said. The step forward on the diplomatic front comes at the same time as a warming in previously tense relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican. A Vatican statement […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/kremlin-vatican-upgrade-diplomatic-ties/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-greets-vatican-delegation-at-the-phanar/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-greets-vatican-delegation-at-the-phanar/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:40:33 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4915 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 the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle: Istanbul, Turkey 11/30/2009 His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew addressed a Vatican delegation representing Pope Benedict XVI at the Thronal Feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on November 30, 2009. The delegation, led by Cardinal Walter Kasper also delivered greetings to His All Holiness on behalf of Pope […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-greets-vatican-delegation-at-the-phanar/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-launch-the-st-gregory-nazianzus-foundation/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-launch-the-st-gregory-nazianzus-foundation/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:18:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4600 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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Robert Moynihan, editor of the Inside the Vatican newsletter, is in Moscow visiting with Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk and other church people. He reports that “the Russian Orthodox have now decided to engage with Catholics, and others, in a collaboration which can be compared to an actual alliance against the great social evils of our […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-launch-the-st-gregory-nazianzus-foundation/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-on-orthodox-catholic-relations/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-on-orthodox-catholic-relations/#respond Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:09:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4588 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 the Moscow Patriarchate, Nov. 12, 2009: During his meeting with foreign media people on 11 November 2009, Archbishop Hilarion spoke on burning issues of inter-Christian relations. He said in particular that considerable improvements took shape in relations with the Roman Catholic Church in recent years. ‘There is a regular mechanism of mutual consultations and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-on-orthodox-catholic-relations/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-catholic-consultation-responds-to-ravenna-document/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-catholic-consultation-responds-to-ravenna-document/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:21:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4426 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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SCOBA has released the joint response of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation to the international dialogue’s 2007 “Ravenna Document.” This took place at the Consultation’s 77th meeting, held at Saint Paul’s College in Washington, from October 22-24, 2009. It was presided over by Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Maximos of Pittsburgh and Roman Catholic Archbishop Gregory […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-catholic-consultation-responds-to-ravenna-document/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-orthodox-meeting-on-cyprus-wraps-up/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-orthodox-meeting-on-cyprus-wraps-up/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:53:16 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4202 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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See you next year in Vienna: According to a statement released by the dialogue commission Oct. 23, the commission’s Orthodox members discussed “the negative reactions to the dialogue by certain Orthodox circles and unanimously considered them as totally unfounded and unacceptable, providing false and misleading information.” The Orthodox delegates “reaffirmed that the dialogue continues with […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-orthodox-meeting-on-cyprus-wraps-up/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/reunion-with-orthodox-next/ https://www.aoiusa.org/reunion-with-orthodox-next/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:41:10 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4095 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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To answer the question in the title, probably not. Still, the article, written from the Roman point of view, is worth a read. Father Rutler discusses Vatican’s Anglican provision Fr. George Rutler, a convert from Anglicanism, was asked by the Catholic News Agency on October 20 what his reaction is to the Vatican’s new Anglican […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/reunion-with-orthodox-next/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-primacy-problem-catholic-and-orthodox/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-primacy-problem-catholic-and-orthodox/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:11:46 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3960 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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In an interview with the National Catholic Register’s Edward Pentin, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk talks about his first official visit to Rome in September as chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Affairs. He offers a caution about any Catholic-Orthodox union, something that media reports and at least one Catholic bishop said was […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-primacy-problem-catholic-and-orthodox/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-makes-appeal-for-christian-unity/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-makes-appeal-for-christian-unity/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:25:52 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3560 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 Interfax: Moscow, September 21 — Head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is visiting Rome, has celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Catacombs of St. Callixtus. Speaking to believers after the service, the Archbishop urged to overcome a thousand-year-old dispute between Christians of East and West and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-makes-appeal-for-christian-unity/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-catholic-orthodox-union/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-catholic-orthodox-union/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:23:36 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3488 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 should all be extremely cautious about the recent comments about a Catholic-Orthodox union (Fr. Peter-Michael Preble has already raised important questions about these reports). Outside of the obvious and thorny theological questions – on both sides – that would arise, is there any way such a union could take place without first convening an […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-catholic-orthodox-union/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-calls-on-roman-catholics-to-join-ecumenical-group/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-calls-on-roman-catholics-to-join-ecumenical-group/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:22:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2989 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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Quote from the story: Bartholomeos warned that the failure of churches in Europe to match their statements about unity with specific actions calls into question their credibility. The Charta Oecumenica (cited below) makes a case for Christian unity. Did its authors have the American Orthodox in mind, as well? Probably not. Sample: Various forms of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-calls-on-roman-catholics-to-join-ecumenical-group/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/benedict-to-bartholomew-called-to-one-hope/ https://www.aoiusa.org/benedict-to-bartholomew-called-to-one-hope/#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:57:21 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2670 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 Zenit news agency published the translation of Pope Benedict XVI’s address to the delegation the Ecumenical Patriarchate sent to the Vatican for the celebration of “the solemnity” of Sts. Peter and Paul and the conclusion of the Pauline Year. The patriarchate’s delegation was led by Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, director of the Office of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/benedict-to-bartholomew-called-to-one-hope/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-and-his-pro-life-apologists/ https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-and-his-pro-life-apologists/#respond Fri, 29 May 2009 15:17:37 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2403 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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At the National Press Club yesterday, the Catholic University of America hosted a discussion on “The Obama Administration and the Sanctity of Human Life: Is there a common ground on life issues? What is the right response by ‘Pro-Life’ Citizens?” One of President Obama’s most prominent pro-life opponents, Robert P. George, engaged in a debate […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-and-his-pro-life-apologists/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/renewing-christian-roots/ https://www.aoiusa.org/renewing-christian-roots/#respond Thu, 28 May 2009 18:42:49 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2389 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 the Catholic news service Zenit, which strained a bit for a news angle with this headline: Orthodox Priest Says Faith Is Not Dead in Russia PAMPLONA, Spain, MAY 28, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The Moscow Patriarchate’s secretary for ecumenical relations is affirming that relations between the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church in Russia are progressing, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/renewing-christian-roots/feed/ 0