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.
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Pope Francis: Eastern Catholic Churches Have Shown Heroic Faith Amid Miseries of War
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.’
Pope Francis Approves Amazon Debate on Ordaining Married Men to the Priesthood
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.
Catholics, Orthodox Sign Agreement on Primacy and Synodality
The 14th plenary session of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches was held Sept. 15-22.
![Above, Father Doug Grandon and his wife, Lynn, both serve the Archdiocese of Denver. Below in descending order: [first photo] Father Hezekias Carnazzo, his wife Linda, and their children with Bishop Nicholas Samra on ordination day; [second photo] Father Mykhailo and his wife Orysia Hanushevsky in 1956 after returning from 10 years of Siberian exile they endured with the two youngest of their nine children; and [third photo] Father Roman Galadza, and his wife, Irene, with grandchildren Nos. nine and 10.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20200827010856_3ef4bdfaa78e9b370ea724a3978b60b6a92808655c139dfddfc53b527d683435.jpeg "Above, Father Doug Grandon and his wife, Lynn, both serve the Archdiocese of Denver. Below in descending order: [first photo] Father Hezekias Carnazzo, his wife Linda, and their children with Bishop Nicholas Samra on ordination day; [second photo] Father Mykhailo and his wife Orysia Hanushevsky in 1956 after returning from 10 years of Siberian exile they endured with the two youngest of their nine children; and [third photo] Father Roman Galadza, and his wife, Irene, with grandchildren Nos. nine and 10.")
Wives of Priests Reveal Their Unique Vocation as Spiritual Mothers
Eastern-Catholic spirituality sheds light on the vocation of the wife of a married priest in both the Latin and Eastern Catholic Churches.
‘Gift of Unity’: Will Pope Francis Change the Date of Easter?
The date of Easter is established based on the lunar calendar.
Marriage and Celibacy Stand or Fall Together
COMMENTARY: The Eastern-Catholic tradition of married clergy and celibate monasticism highlights the fruitful unity-in-difference of these two complementary vocations.
