Bishop John M. Botean of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St George’s in Canton, Ohio, center, and other bishops of the Eastern Catholic churches in the United States arrive in procession to ...

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 ...

The Vatican has changed regulations making it mandatory for Eastern churches to seek its approval before establishing new institutions and societies of consecrated Religious life. Pope Francis has ...

Abin Kuriakose was headed to visit Mount St. Thomas in the southern Indian state of Kerala when he spotted a discreetly positioned sign by a small office that piqued his curiosity. To find out more, ...

Mariya Kokor and Abin Kuriakose stand outside St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral in Bellwood, Ill., in this undated photo. They are founding members of the new associate board of the Catholic ...

VATICAN CITY — Eastern Catholic churches must strengthen their liturgical identity, especially given ongoing conflicts in many of the homelands of those churches and the continuing migration of ...

St. John Paul II, Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005, once said “the Church must breathe with her two lungs.” Those two lungs, the Eastern Catholic Church and the Roman ...

In a recent article, I also responded to the comments of Patriarch Awa and, in line with his concern with "uniatism," criticized the code of canon law common to the Eastern Catholic Churches (CCOE).

After liturgical disputes in India nearly led to a schism in 2025, the Syro-Malabar community came together July 9–12 in ...

The heroic work and witness of the Eastern churches in some of the world's most conflict-ridden regions was highlighted at the annual Catholic Media Conference held in Atlanta in June. "Conflict, ...

Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako (L) and Patriarch Awa Royel III. (AINA) -- In December, Patriarch Awa spoke of the possible reunification of Assyrians and Chaldeans within one Church of the East. He also ...

Father Tyler Strand of Resurrection Byzantine Catholic Church in Smithtown, N.Y., holds a crucifix as he blesses the waters of the Nissequogue River in Smithtown during a prayer service Jan. 6, 2019, ...