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12 Jun 2025

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11 Jun 2025

Nicaea remains Christians’ ‘compass’ says Pope

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Journalists killed in latest Israeli attack on Anglican Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza

05 Jun 2025

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03 Jun 2025

Confusion over status of Sinai monastery continues after Egyptian court ruling

02 Jun 2025

Pope Leo gets pink jersey from British Giro d’Italia race winner

02 Jun 2025

Number of UOC parishes transferring to Orthodox Church of Ukraine alarms Moscow

30 May 2025

Religious leaders in France urge parliamentarians to reject assisted-dying Bill

30 May 2025

Prayers for peace at Dayton during NATO spring Parliamentary Assembly

30 May 2025

Episcopal Church community in New Jersey resists seizure of land

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Armenian Christian heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh is under threat, conference hears

29 May 2025

Listen, but don’t lose your memory, Pope Leo advises the Curia

28 May 2025

Episcopalians criticise President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful Bill’

27 May 2025

EU urges Turkish authorities to recognise Patriarch Bartholomew’s title

23 May 2025

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23 May 2025

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22 May 2025

United prayer for the Holy Land during ecumenical service to celebrate Nicaea anniversary

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Nicaea remains Christians’ ‘compass’ says Pope

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Episcopal Church community in New Jersey resists seizure of land

Armenian Christian heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh is under threat, conference hears

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