Papst Franziskus hat den bisherigen Budapester Weihbischof János Székely zum neuen Bischof der westungarischen Diözese Szombathely (Steinamanger) ernannt. Der Vatikan gab die Ernennung des 53-Jährigen am Sonntag bekannt. Er folgt auf den Vorsitzenden der Ungarischen Bischofskonferenz, András Veres, der vom Papst vor einem Jahr zum Diözesanbischof von Győr ernannt worden war. Székely ist unter anderem Romapastoral-Beauftragter der Bischofskonferenz und wandte sich in den vergangenen Jahren meh...

On June 21, In the Latin Metropolitan Basilica in Lviv, the nomineebishop  Edward Kava was ordained as a bishop, on May 13 he was appointed by Pope Francis as Assistant Bishop of the Lviv Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine. The 39-year-old Edward Kava became the youngest Catholic bishop in the world. During the solemn Mass, Archbishop Mecislaw Mokszycki, Metropolitan of Lviv, and Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, and Bishop Stanislav Shirokorady...

The Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church reports that the number of men who want to become Orthodox priests has significantly increased. Thus, the number of those who entered the first course of higher theological educational establishments increased in 19% in 2016 and made 1593 students, the Educational Committee told Interfax-Religion on 21 June. Besides, the number of those who took preparatory courses to seminaries has increased in 25% (827 people in 2016-2017 compared to...

Dr. Gerhard Albert, seit 1996 Geschäftsführer bei der Solidaritätsaktion Renovabis, wurde von Papst Franziskus mit dem Komturkreuz des Ordens des heiligen Gregor des Großen ausgezeichnet - auch eine Würdigung der Arbeit von Renovabis. Die Verleihung dieses vierthöchsten Ordens für Verdienste um die katholische Kirche erfolgte am vergangenen Dienstag, den 20. Juni 2017, in Rom. Kurienkardinal Leonardo Sandri, Präfekt der Kongregation für die Ostkirchen überreichte Albert die Insignien im Rahm...

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, rector of the Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies and head of the department of theology at the National Research Nuclear University (MEPhi), presided over a panel discussion on the role of theology in education and upbringing of a contemporary person. The discussion was held in the framework of the 1st All-Russian academic conference on Theology in Humanitarian Educ...

Mit dem Ziel, das nationale kulturhistorische Erbe Lettlands zu bewahren, soll im Altgläubigen-Dorf Slutiški die Ausstattung verbessert werden, wie das Portal „Grani“ berichtet. Zudem soll so auch die Umgebung entwickelt und der Zustrom von Touristen in der Region Daugavpils vergrößert werden. Im Rahmen des Projekts ist geplant, im Dorf ein weiteres Gebäude zu restaurieren, ein Kulturzentrum über die Altgläubigen zu gründen und im Gebetsraum eine neue Ausstellung einzurichten. Laut der zuvor...

The fifth meeting of the Inter-Church Commission of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Croatian Bishops’ Conference was held at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica, Montenegro, on Wednesday the 7th  and on Thursday the 8th of June 2017, the task of  task was to jointly consider the role of Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac before, during and after the Second World war. The theme of the meeting was "The Archbishop and Cardinal Stepinac and Communist persecution from...

On June 6, under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; the 6th Armenian Church Representative Assembly commenced a four day meeting in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The meeting is being attended by Bishops of the Mother See and the Hierarchal Sees; Primates of the Dioceses of Armenia and Diaspora; Locum Tenens; Pontifical Delegations; members of the Supreme Spiritual Council; elected clergy and lay representatives from the Hierarch...

On 4 June His Beatitude Neophyte, Patriarch of Bulgaria, presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church in Sofia. According to mitropolia-sofia.org, concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy included:His Eminence Teodosie, Archbishop of Tomis, His Grace Gerasimos of Melnik, secretary of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, His Grace Tikhon of Tiveriopolsk, Assistant Bishop to the Diocese of Sofia, Archimandrite Philip Vasiltsev, representative of the Patr...