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Thousands join Family Marches across Georgia as Patriarch Shio celebrates first Liturgy

Tens of thousands of Georgians took part in family marches on Sunday in several cities across the country. Following the rally in Tbilisi, Patriarch Shio III of Georgia celebrated his first Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in the Georgian capital since his enthronement. “Why did God grant man family life? In order to lead…

May 20, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop Ioachim: Every human life bears dignity and the right to exist

“Every cell, every embryo carries within itself human dignity and the fundamental right to life,” declared Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bacău at the beginning of the Month for Life. “God is God because He brings into existence something that has never existed before. Out of His infinite love, He has also shared with humanity…

Mar 4, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate’s Representation to EU: Matić Report amplifies rifts in today’s Europe

The Representation of the Romanian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions transmitted that the Matić Report amplifies division in today’s Europe on issues that, according to the founding treaty of the Union, should be regulated exclusively by each member state. “In stark contrast to the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, which clearly stipulates…

Jun 28, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

US Orthodox Bishops reaffirm life’s sanctity: All humans, whether in the womb or in the world, are made in the image of God

The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America published a message reaffirming the sanctity of life based on the firm conviction that life starts at the moment of conception. “All humans, whether in the womb or in the world, are made in the image and likeness of God, possessing God-given beauty…

Feb 7, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

The abortion death toll in 2020 was five times higher than the cancer death rate: 42.7 million

Almost 43 million unborn children lost their lives through abortion last year, according to Christian Post. The source quotes Worldometers real-time statistics platform. This death toll is five times higher than in cancer, one of the leading causes of death globally. The first five days of 2021 have already seen 550,000 abortions, according to Worldometers.info.…

Jan 6, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Abortion Leading Cause of Death Worldwide in 2019

Abortion was the leading cause of death worldwide in 2019, according to figures released from Worldometers.info, a website that uses reporting from the world’s governments to track demographics and vital statistics. LifeNews.com, a pro-life website, was among the few outlets to report on the 2019 abortion numbers, which show 42.3 million preborn babies killed worldwide.…

Feb 10, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Church of Greece: Voluntary abortion is a murder, we do not accept it

The Permanent Synod of the Orthodox Church in Greece ruled last week that it considers voluntary abortion to be a murder and cannot accept the practice. The Holy Synod met under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos II of Athens and All Greece on February 3-4, 2020. According to an announcement after the two-day…

Feb 10, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

50,000 march to end abortion in Slovakia

50,000 Slovaks gathered in the European country’s capital of Bratislava this weekend to call for an end to legal abortion, Life Site reports. The predominantly-Catholic country currently allows abortions for any reason up to 12 weeks, and abortions deemed to be health-related up to 24 weeks. There were 10,082 abortions reported in 2017, compared with 57,969 births.…

Sep 25, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Will our nation perish? Romania’s population keeps shrinking mainly due to declining birth rates

Romania’s population declined by 5,365 people in June this year due to demographic factors, especially because of declining birth rates, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INS). By comparison, the population dropped by 2,636 people in the same month of 2018. A total of 14,506 babies were born in Romania in June 2019,…

Aug 23, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Romania: The Mother of God is the Protrectress of mothers. If we continue with abortion, we will perish as a nation

During his homily on the Feast of the Annunciation, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Mother of God is the Protrectress of all mothers and warned that if abortions continue to take place in Romania ‘we will perish as a nation’. ‘If we, the Romanian people, continue with (performing) abortions, which sum up to…

Mar 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

‘Being pro life means being pro-love’, Students for Life President Eliza Clotea says in exclusive interview

A few days before the March for Life 2019, the newly-elected president of the Students for Life Association, Eliza Clotea, a senior student at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, confessed in an exclusive interview for Basilica.ro that the most difficult part of her activity is the ‘fight against the obstacle of mentalities’.…

Mar 20, 2019Sorin Ioniţe