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.

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 ...

92 He was conceived of the Holy Spirit; his whole life and his whole mission are carried out in total communion with ... Spirit.]." 114 In the Eastern Churches of Byzantine rite, after a prayer ...

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

The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, known as the Byzantine Catholic Church in the United States, is one of 23 Eastern Rite Catholic ... they are in full communion with the Holy Father, Pope ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Catholic Church in Sweden ... to the practice of Norse beliefs were ‘rites’, among them the ritual sacrifice of animals, and sometimes even humans! At these gatherings, people shared food and ...

The head of the India-based Eastern-rite Syro Malabar Church has lauded the Vatican for ... he was ordained a priest of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Changanacherry in 2004. He earned a ...

In his opinion, the artistic and cultural heritage of the Eastern Churches is not sufficiently known. “Decades ago, a document from the then-Congregation for Catholic Education prescribed that ...

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 ...