Pope Leo XIV greets people at Jubilee of the Oriental Churches in the Vatican’s Audience Hall on May 14, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen Pope Leo XIV says the Church needs the Christian East and ...

The 23 Eastern Catholic Churches all share one Code of Canon Law, separate from that of the Latin Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk explained. Pope Francis embraces Major Archbishop ...

“The light of the East has illumined the universal Church, from the moment when ‘a rising sun’ appeared above us (Luke 1:78): Jesus Christ, our Lord, whom all Christians invoke as the Redeemer of man ...

On Monday Pope Francis introduced a limit of 80 years of age for retired bishops and patriarchs in the Eastern Catholic Churches to take part in decisional voting. In the motu proprio Iam Pridem, ...

The promotion of Christian unity, especially between the Catholic and Orthodox churches, is the "pursuit of catholicity," that is, of a holistic vision of Christianity that values and safeguards its ...

Eastern Catholic leaders are remembering Pope Francis for bringing significant attention to their churches and traditions throughout his papacy, in a legacy marked by fraternity and many firsts, while ...

The leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said Friday that the Vatican’s recent declaration on nonliturgical same-sex blessings does not apply to the Eastern Catholic Churches. Major ...