Several Council Fathers, particularly of the Melkite rite, used the Council ... so as to better embrace Eastern Christians — both those within the Catholic communion and those outside of it.

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 ...

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 ...

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

The priests from Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese, which belongs to Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ... based Church is the second largest among 22 Oriental churches in communion with the ...

Concern for the salvation of souls is what guides the work of church tribunals and the implementation of reforms regarding the marriage annulment process, Pope Francis said.

As clergy and faithful present proclaimed “Axios! Axios! Axios!” (Greek for “He is worthy”), Fr. Artur Bubnevych was ...

The pope’s address came on the 10th anniversary of two papal documents that aimed to make the Catholic Church’s marriage ...

This same ambiguity lies at the very heart of Eastern Catholic identity: Apart from communion with the Roman See ... by the performance of the rites themselves, the comprehensive graces necessary for ...

the Gentle Judge”) for the Latin-rite church and “Mitis et misericors Iesus” (“The Meek and Merciful Jesus”) for the Eastern Catholic churches. With these reforms, the pope revised a ...