Friday, March 15, 2013

Pope Francis Is a Jesuit: Seven Things You Need to Know About the Society of Jesus

March 15, 2013 Featured News

Caroline Linton 14/3/13 Vive il papa! Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the new Pope on Wednesday—the first Jesuit pope since the Society of Jesus was founded nearly 500 years ago. What does that mean? A breakdown of what you need to know about Jesuits. 1. What are the Jesuits? You may have a hazy recollection of the Jesuits [...]

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Mother See urges Raffi Hovhannisian to stop hunger strike

March 15, 2013 News

YEREVAN, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS. The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin issued a statement regarding the post- election developments in Armenia. The statement the Information System of the Mother See conveyed to “Armenpress” runs as follows: “Following the post-election developments and comments made during it we want to state the following. We highly appreciate the soberness [...]

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Hunter Valley coptic monastery set for approval

March 15, 2013 News

15/3/13 A plan to build a multi million dollar cathedral and monastery building in the Hunter Valley will be determined by a regional planning panel today. The St Shenouda Monastery has been operating at Putty for 20 years. The facility is used as a retreat, a place of worship and is home to a group [...]

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Pastoral seminar at Halki Theological School

March 15, 2013 News

On Monday, March 4, 2013, a three-day seminar entitled “The Second Period of the Ecumenical Synod” was held at the Theological School of Halki with the participation of approximately 60 clergymen from the Pastoral Education Foundation of the Archdiocese of Athens as well as several participants from Messinia (Greece), Germany and Belgium. Among the speakers [...]

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For the first time since the Great Schism, ecumenical patriarch to attend pope’s inaugural Mass

March 15, 2013 Featured News

15/3/13 The metropolitans of Argentina and Italy will accompany Bartholomew. Moscow Patriarchate hopes in closer cooperation with Rome but excludes for now a meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill. Istanbul (AsiaNews) – The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I will attend Pope Francis’s inaugural Mass. The Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office informed AsiaNews about the decision, noting [...]

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