When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

In Istanbul, where he has lived since his election as Metropolitan of Chalcedon ... of the Council of Nicaea, hoping to establish “a common date for Easter” and to welcome Pope Francis to ...

This year, the universal Church celebrates the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical council ...

The 381 Council of Constantinople solidified Trinitarian doctrine, affirmed the Holy Spirit’s divinity, and reshaped the ...

A quiet yet symbolically significant gathering took place on May 17 at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Cairo.

Istanbul marked the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, the groundbreaking gathering convened in 325 by ...

But the new pope, in 2025, has done something more than mark an anniversary. By choosing the name “Leo” and explicitly ...

The new pope’s enthusiasm is apparent in his ... The first Leo was also the pontiff when the Council of Chalcedon took place. This Council was rejected by what is now known as the Oriental ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

The Church of St. Leo the Great in Corona will hold a special bilingual Mass this evening, Wednesday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the election of the newly named Pope Leo XIV, the first ...

in the lead up to the Council of Chalcedon in 451. For his doctrinal clarity and ability to articulate unity, Leo the Great was declared a doctor of the church in 1754, one of only two popes so ...

The current bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, Edinson Farfán, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, Bishop Robert Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV ... and a global council of survivors ...