Our Lady of Sorrows,
Consoler of Syrians
Catholics and Russian Orthodox collaborate to help Christians in the Middle East
A delegation from the Moscow Patriarchate visited the international headquarters of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need over the last few days to discuss further joint aid campaigns in the Middle East. by Eva-Maria Kolmann On 16 [...]
Catholic-Orthodox Summit Meeting in Vienna
ACN President: “Another milestone in the Catholic-Orthodox dialogue” On the second anniversary (Monday, 12 Feb.) of the historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch, [...]
Centenary of the October Revolution: Persecuted Christians then and now
7 November 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia. The revolution developed into a brutal civil war that ended with the establishment of the communist Soviet Union: a violent dictatorship ideologically rooted in Marxism, Leninism and [...]
Syria trip of Catholic and Orthodox Delegation
Syria/Russia: Syria trip of Catholic and Orthodox delegation is a “tangible reaction to the meeting between the Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow” Königstein, 13 Apr. 2016 – Peter Humeniuk, Russia expert for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), [...]