It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church ... of the rites of the West and the East. The eastern rites which have a separate code of ...

Milan (AsiaNews) – The authorities of the eastern province of Zhejiang have imposed a fine of 200,000 Yuan (US$ 27,500) on ...

1214 This sacrament is called Baptism , after the central rite ... The Eastern Churches maintain a lively awareness of the unity of Christian initiation by giving Holy Communion to all the newly ...

TAC members split from the Canterbury-based Anglican Communion headed by Archbishop Rowan ... the ideal end for the TAC would be to become the 28th Rite within the Catholic Church, along with the ...

Non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during holy communion, the governing body of the Church of England has ruled. Church guidance says the bread must be made using wheat flour ...

As Jesus Christ bleeds in the persecuted, the Indian Church faces a reckoning. Ecumenism cannot remain a polite dialogue ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...

By Prof. Raphael Nyarkotey OBUHibiscus wineCommunion wine, also known as sacramental or altar wine, is specifically produced for use in religious ceremonies. The market for these wines is specialised, ...

The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, the Right Revd Anthony Poggo ... urging the international community to act immediately and decisively for peace in eastern DRC. A meeting of the ...

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Appointed three years ago as archbishop of the only Latin-rite Catholic diocese in Iran ... the challenges of the church in post-communist Eastern Europe. It was in Colombia that he faced his ...