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Orthodox Leader at Pope Inauguration "a Sign of Immense Hope"

Orthodox Leader at Pope Inauguration "a Sign of Immense Hope"

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The news that the leader of the Orthodox Church will attend the inauguration of the new Pope is being described as an historic moment for Christianity.   According to a report in Asia News, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew's decision to attend tomorrow's Installation mass ...

Egypt Forms First Ever Council of Churches

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Five different churches in Egypt including the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Catholic Church, the Evangelical (Presbyterian) Church, the Greek Orthodox Church and the Anglican Church have joined together to form the Egypt Council of Churches after one year of deliberations and meetings between the ...

The Church Universal Needs Anglicans Says Pope Francis

The Church Universal Needs Anglicans Says Pope Francis

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The new Pope has reportedly said the Church universal needs Anglicans and that the Ordinariate is "quite unnecessary".  In a note released after the election of the first ever pontiff from Latin America, the Anglican Bishop of Argentina and former Primate of the Anglican Church of the ...

Anglican Communion Welcomes New Pope

Anglican Communion Welcomes New Pope

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The Archbishop of Canterbury and Secretary General of the Anglican Communion have welcomed the appointment of the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Jorge Mario Bergoglio.  Elected this evening, Pope Francis, as he will be known, is the first ever Pope from Latin America.  The ...

Francis I is a Pope of Firsts

Francis I is a Pope of Firsts

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Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio, 76, was elected March 13 by the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church to succeed Pope Benedict XVI.   Bergoglio, the first Jesuit and the first cardinal from Latin America ever to be elected pope, chose the name Francis I.   Presiding ...

EYE Planning Team Announced for 2014

EYE Planning Team Announced for 2014

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The youth and adult members of the 2014 Episcopal Youth Event Mission Planning Team have been announced. Drawing hundreds of youth from throughout the Episcopal Church, EYE 2014 will be held in July 9-13, 2014 in the Philadelphia area, in partnership with the Diocese of Pennsylvania. The 2014 ...

'Carnage' of Gun Violence Must Stop, Say Bishops

'Carnage' of Gun Violence Must Stop, Say Bishops

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Saying that they “lament and have cried over the widely reported mass shootings” in the United States, the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops said March 12 that they are also “outraged by the too often unseen and unacknowledged daily massacre of our young people in cities ...

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