Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem’s moving letter on the situation in the Holy Land

«I feel the need to share with you a word that has its origin in the Gospel of Jesus, because after all that is where we must all start from and where we must always return. A word from the Gospel that helps us to live this tragic moment by uniting our feelings to those of Jesus», says Cardinal Pizzaballa in his letter to the Catholics of the Diocese of Jerusalem.

The solitude of the patriarch: Kirill of Russia stands alone in the Orthodox world

Kirill’s appeal to all the heads of the Orthodox Churches against the ban on Russian jurisdiction of Orthodoxy in Ukraine sanctioned by the Kiev parliament has gone unanswered. While the sending of Metropolitan Tikhon to Crimea, the most contested front line, many are wondering whether this is yet another punishment or a possible ecclesiastic and political exaltation.