Pope Francis and Kirill, patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, signed a Joint Declaration in Havana in 2016, which aimed to ...

He promoted a simple liturgy, reinforcing Vatican II reforms for a more inclusive and accessible celebration of the Mass ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the saints and the Virgin Mary.

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...

That simple but so important Sign of the Cross we see so often holds a hidden history that takes us back to the origins of ...

Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...

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Easter Sunday is often considered the most important day in the ... establishing what would become the Christian Church. In Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions, the day marks the ...

when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept the older Julian one. Moreover, each church uses its own ecclesiastical calculations for lunar cycles ...

One of the most important ... many Orthodox churches continued to use the "Julian calendar," which stems from Julius Caesar ...

This weekend, Christians of all denominations are celebrating Easter. Orthodox Christians in Germany are grateful for that, and long for more. Millions of Orthodox Christians currently live in ...

For most Christians, Easter is one of the year's most important ... Catholic church or belonging to Protestant denominations celebrating Easter a week before most of their Orthodox counterparts.