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Pope Leo XIV states he is open to collaboration with Orthodox Church
28 June 2025
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Armenia’s Rift Between Church and State Deepens
24 June 2025
Armenia finds itself in deepening discord between its political and religious elites. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s unprecedented public attacks on Catholicos Karekin II, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, mark further escalation in a personal feud waged since the 2018 Velvet Revolution. It has worsened each year since and not least since Karekin II approved the participation of his own clergy to join protests against Pashinyan in 2022 and for one to lead them in 2024.
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"Sad, fateful day, for religious freedom in Europe"
19 December 2020
In a recent controversial decision, the European Court of Justice has upheld a ban on kosher and halal slaughter in Belgium. Deutche Welle's religious affairs expert, Christoph Strack says that bans on such forms of animal slaughter in Belgium, and elsewhere, arose over debates over the way Islam is practiced in Europe. Individuals sought to impose tighter rules on Islam on the continent — yet also hit Europe's Jews.
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Turkish government holds dialogue with leaders of religious minorities
30 November 2020
Turkey's presidential spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin told the religious leaders it was extremely important to fight against hate crimes and discrimination with a single voice, especially at a time when anti-Islamism, anti-Semitism and anti-Christianity are on the rise all over the world.
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'We need a debate on Islamism without stigmatising Muslims'
20 November 2020
Islamist attacks haven shaken France. Vincent Tiberj on Muslims under general suspicion and the difficult role of the Left.
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Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas
7 January 2019
Orthodox Christian communities are celebrating Christmas. Religious ceremonies were held on Sunday night, attended by members of the congregation, including political and civic leaders,
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Bartholomew I signs tomos granting Ukrainian church independence
6 January 2019
The move will have far reaching effects for the world Christian Orthodox community, and for the politics of Eurasia.
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"Ukraine will no longer be drinking Moscow's poison from Moscow's cup"
16 December 2018
A new Ukrainian Orthodox Church, independent from Moscow, has been agreed at a special Unification Council in Kiev. The head of the new Church will be Metropolitan Epiphany of Pereyaslav and Belotserkovsk
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Ukraine signs agreement with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
4 November 2018
The Government of Ukraine and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople have signed an agreement on co-operation and collaboration. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I signed the agreement in Istanbul on Saturday during the official visit of president Poroshenko to Turkey.
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Senior Vatican envoy holds talks with Georgian Patriarch
24 October 2018
"The sides expressed concerns over the difficult situation existing between the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Moscow Patriarchate", according to a report carried by the website of the Georgian Patriarchate