VATICAN CITY – All 133 cardinal electors have now arrived in Rome ahead of the papal conclave set to begin on May 7, 2025, the Vatican has confirmed, marking the final phase in preparations to elect the next pope. Speaking to journalists in Rome on Monday, Matteo Bruni, Director of the Holy See Press Office,…
VATICAN – Senate President Godswill Akpabio has arrived in Vatican City, leading a five-member Nigerian delegation ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis, set to take place on Saturday. The delegation, appointed by President Bola Tinubu, is in the Vatican to represent Nigeria at the funeral of the late leader of the Roman Catholic Church….
Christ is in our midst, my beloved readers! Today, it is as if all of nature holds its breath. The birds sing more softly; the trees whisper faintly with their leaves. All creation stands still, awaiting something wondrous. The world pauses, caught between sorrow and hope. While Christ’s disciples wept and mourned, believing all…
Your Eminences, Brother Archpastors, Reverend Pastors and Monastics, Colleagues and Helpers in the Harvest Fields of Christ, and All the Beloved Children of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia: CHRIST IS RISEN! Photo: iconreader.wordpress.com With God’s help, we safely crossed the sea of Great Lent and reached the bright days of the Lord’s Pascha….
To the clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, beloved children in the Lord, Christ is risen! Indeed he is risen! . John of Damascus, the author of that canon, calls today “the feast of feasts,” and as we celebrate this feast of feasts, this first and greatest of feasts, we…
Dear brothers and sisters! The first words of the Risen Savior, directed to the people, was a greeting, a call, and a direction for life: “Rejoice!” Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks for everything—the apostle Paul confirms these words, which he came to know through his own long and personal experience in life…
The first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Jorge Bergoglio, known as Pope Francis, died Monday at the age of 88. His death comes a day after his brief but final appearance before thousands of Catholic pilgrims at St. Peter’s Square in Rome during the Vatican’s Easter Sunday Mass. During his appearance, he…
Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88, the world is now waiting to see who will succeed him, as the Cardinals gather in Rome for the Papal Conclave. A papal conclave is a gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope. The…
P A S C H A L M E S S A G Eof the Primateof the Ukrainian Orthodox ChurchHis Beatitude Metropolitan of Kyivand All UkraineO N U F R I Yto the Archpastors, Pastors, Monastics,and All Faithful Childrenof the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Christ is Risen! I wholeheartedly greet all of you, God-loving archpastors…
Paschal Messageby Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russiato the archpastors, pastors, deacons, monasticsand all the faithful children of the Russian Orthodox Church Beloved in the Lord Most Reverend archpastors, all-honourable presbyters and deacons, God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters: CHRIST IS RISEN! It is with these life-affirming words filled with…
