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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, 17 Dec 2009 17:00:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-thanks-pope-for-not-pressing-on-meeting/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-thanks-pope-for-not-pressing-on-meeting/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:20:58 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5137 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 (2009-12-16): Moscow — The Moscow Patriarchate is grateful to Pope Benedict XVI for understanding problems between the two Churches and not pressing on with visiting Russia and meeting with the Patriarch. “Pope Benedict XVI perfectly understands the existing difficulties and therefore is not pressing on his meeting with the Patriarch, not to mention […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-thanks-pope-for-not-pressing-on-meeting/feed/ 2 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/moscow-no-meeting-with-pope-in-the-works/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-no-meeting-with-pope-in-the-works/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:54:02 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3803 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 (Oct. 7): Head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk has denied reports that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia might visit the Vatican in the near future. “No preparations are being made for the Patriarch’s trip to the Vatican and his meeting with the Pope […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-no-meeting-with-pope-in-the-works/feed/ 0 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/archbishop-hilarion-to-visit-vatican-soon/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-to-visit-vatican-soon/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:29:01 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3463 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, September 9, Interfax – Head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk is going on a working visit to Vatican to discuss issues connected with dialogue between the two Churches. He told it at his meeting with Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso in Moscow. According to the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-to-visit-vatican-soon/feed/ 5 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/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 https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-in-rome/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-in-rome/#respond Tue, 26 May 2009 17:31:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2348 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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Good coverage in the New York Times about the dedication on Sunday of the Church of the Great Martyr Saint Catherine on the grounds of the Russian Embassy in Rome. From Russian Orthodox Consecrate Parish in Rome: “Today is a special event,” said Andrey Shumkin, a priest with the delegation from the Moscow Patriarchate, “and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-in-rome/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-kirill-on-economic-globalization/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-kirill-on-economic-globalization/#respond Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:05:34 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=238 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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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, the President of the Department of Foreign Religious Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, has written a prologue or introduction to “The Ethics of the Common Good in Catholic Social Doctrine” (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2008) by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican’s Secretary of State. The article by Metropolitan Kirill was […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-kirill-on-economic-globalization/feed/ 0