
Pope Francis Introduces Voting Age Limit for Bishops of Eastern Catholic Churches
The changes exclude retired bishops and patriarchs over the age of 80 from participating in deliberative voting.
The changes exclude retired bishops and patriarchs over the age of 80 from participating in deliberative voting.
The Eastern Churches’ plenary assembly marks the 25th anniversary of the Vatican’s publication of the ‘Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.’
The Holy Father has reportedly allowed the Latin Church bishops in the Amazon region to debate a change to priestly discipline that would more closely align with the Eastern Catholic Churches.
The 14th plenary session of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches was held Sept. 15-22.
Eastern-Catholic spirituality sheds light on the vocation of the wife of a married priest in both the Latin and Eastern Catholic Churches.
The date of Easter is established based on the lunar calendar.
COMMENTARY: The Eastern-Catholic tradition of married clergy and celibate monasticism highlights the fruitful unity-in-difference of these two complementary vocations.
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