The history of the Catholic Church so far spans about 2,000 years. That’s a wide swath of history, a vast amount of time, and an organization that covers the entire world. The Church has been at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I led a liturgy in Istanbul on Sunday, marking the 1,700th anniversary of Christianity's first ...

One significant decision at Nicaea was the date of the celebration of the Feast of the Resurrection, which at that time, and prior to the council was marked at different dates by different church ...

The greatest gathering of Christians since the 16th century, when the Council of Trent worked for 18 years to counter the Protestant Reformation, ends this week in New Delhi. It is the third Assembly ...

It is important to have a clear understanding of the meaning of a word before we start to use it. The word ecumenical is a case in point. Throughout history, until very recently, its meaning was ...

With tomorrow set as the last day for voting at the Ecumenical Council in the Vatican, it appeared certain today that no vote will be taken by the Catholic Church prelates in the current Council ...

The “revised” draft of the document on the attitude of the Catholic Church towards the Jewish people–which provoked great dissatisfaction among Jews–is by no means final, Vatican circles declared here ...

Acclaimed violinist Bell Darris will perform during a reception hosted by the Ecumenical Leadership Council of Missouri—St. Louis Chapter to support three non-profits helping victims of the May 16, ...