Pope Francis

Romanian Patriarch’s welcome address to Pope Francis: Christ is risen (full text)

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Friday welcomed Pope Francis at the Conventus Hall of the Patriarchal Palace with the Paschal greeting: Christ is risen! Meeting in the same room where their predecessors met 20 years ago, Patriarch Daniel said that Pope John Paul II’s visit to Romania in 1999 was a sign of the joy…

May 31, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Pope Francis starts three-day visit to Romania

Pope Francis has started his three-day visit to Romania. The pope’s plane touched down Friday in Bucharest.  On behalf of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis was welcomed by His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Targoviste and patriarchal exarch. The schedule of the visit to the Romanian Patriarchate includes a meeting with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and…

May 31, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Pope Francis to visit Patriarchate’s Palace and National Cathedral

His Holiness Pope Francis will pay a visit to our country on May 31 – June 2, 2019 at the invitation of the President of Romania, the state authorities and the Catholic Church in Romania. The schedule of the visit to the Romanian Patriarchate includes a meeting with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and the members…

May 29, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Numismatic issues and a circulation coin dedicated to Pope Francis’s visit to Romania

Pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 312/2004 on the Statute of the National Bank of Romania, as of 30 May 2019, the National Bank of Romania (NBR) will put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, gold and brass collector coins, along with a brass circulation coin, dedicated to the Apostolic journey of His Holiness Pope Francis to…

May 24, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

The Week in Pictures: April 30 – May 5, 2019

Our selection of some of the most beautiful pictures taken around the Orthodox world during the Bright Week.

May 6, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Pope Francis meets with Holy Synod of Bulgarian Orthodox Church: ‘This meeting, which I have greatly desired’

Pope Francis held talks with Patriarch Neophyte and other members of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church at the Synodal Hall in Sofia, after his meeting with Bulgaria’s authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps in Sofia on Sunday, May 5. The lands bearing the inheritance of Sts Cyril and Methodius Patriarch Neophyte…

May 6, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop Ieronymos: Today we unite our voices in condemning the uprooting of the refugees

Statement by His Beatitude Ieronymos, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, at the refugee camp of Moria, Lesbos, in the presence of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: It is with unique joy that we welcome today to Lesbos Pope Francis. We consider his presence in the territory of the Church of Greece to be…

Apr 18, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Lesbos: JOINT DECLARATION

We, Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, have met on the Greek island of Lesvos to demonstrate our profound concern for the tragic situation of the numerous refugees, migrants and asylum seekers who have come to Europe fleeing from situations of conflict and, in many cases, daily threats…

Apr 16, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and Pope Francis to meet on Lesvos

In a press release issued Tuesday, 5 April 2016, the Permanent Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece announced Pope Francis’ intention to visit Greece, to help raise awareness of the international community about the refugee problem. For this visit, the Holy Synod proposed the island of Lesvos, one of the Greek islands that…

Apr 6, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God the Father and the fellowship of the holy Spirit be with all of you” (2 Cor 13:13). 1. By God the Father’s will, from which all gifts come, in the…

Feb 13, 2016basilica.ro

Patriarch Kiril and Pope Francis: „Family is based on Marriage, a Free and Faithful Act of Love between a Man and a Woman”

Friday, 12 February 2016, a historical meeting took place in Havana, capital city of Cuba, between the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Primate of the Catholic Church. During the meeting, His Beatitude Kirill and His Holiness Pope Francis signed a common statement and launched an appeal for the ceasing of the conflict…

Feb 13, 2016basilica.ro