A third of UK Catholics would make their lifestyle greener if Pope Francis makes an official statement on climate change, a new survey claims

    

Pope Francis: ‘Bring All Religions Together,’ Concept Of One Denomination Raises Concerns

       

Orthodox Theologian, John Zizioulas says "Big Step Forward" with Francis Visit to Istanbul

   

Pope Francis Critics Cite Conclave Conspiracy To Question His Papacy

   

Russian experts skeptical about outlook for Patriarch-Pope meeting in near future

    

Is The Pope Unprotected Now - Pope fires Swiss Guard leader for being 'too strict'

    

The former Commandant of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, 

Daniel Rudolf Anrig (R) stands behind Pope Francis.

Russian Orthodox spokesman comments on Pope’s wish for meeting with Russian patriarch - Dialogue thwarted by Greek Catholics' actions in Ukraine

     

Pope Francis urges healing of Catholic, Orthodox split

   

'Ecumenism of blood' should unite Christians, Pope says after meeting Orthodox Patriarch

     

Francis Go To Moscow? Pope seeks meeting with Russian Orthodox leader

   

Pope Francis & Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Turkey - Divine Liturgy and Common Declaration - 2014.11.30 VIDEO

     

The Ecumenical Patriarch kissing the Pope - This familiar way of the Patriarch kissing Pope’s head is a first time VIDEO

   

Pope Francis Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

    

Pope calls Muslims 'brothers' at Dome of the Rock

    

Pope Francis on Monday urged his "brother" Muslims to never abuse God's name through violence as he opened the third and final day of his Mideast pilgrimage with a visit to the Dome of the Rock, the iconic shrine located at the third-holiest spot in Islam.

Patriarch Bartholomew, the man behind the pope's mission

It all started when Patriarch Bartholomew attended Pope Francis’ investiture last March. 

If anyone gets credit for bringing Pope Francis I, leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics to Israel this week, it is All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of over 300 million Orthodox Christian faithful worldwide.

Why the meeting between pope and patriarch in Jerusalem matters

  

In Jerusalem on Sunday, Pope Francis will meet Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the honorary head of the Orthodox church. The two men, representing Christian traditions estranged for 1,000 years, will pray together in public.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Explains the Purpose of the Meeting in Jerusualem VIDEO

  

His All-Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, discusses the 1964 encounter in the Holy Land between Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras;

Israel puts Jewish extremists under house arrest for pope visit

 

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel has decided to place under house arrest three young Jewish extremists suspected of planning to disrupt Pope Francis's visit to the Holy Land this weekend, police said on Wednesday.

Orthodox Jews protest Pope Francis' visit to Jerusalem

Over 200 Orthodox Jews protested in Jerusalem Monday, objecting to Pope Francis' planned visit, later in May, to the Cenacle, the site believed to have been the location of Jesus Christ's Last Supper. 

Pope John Paul II relic stolen from church in Italy

   

Italian police are searching for a stolen relic that contains the blood of Pope John Paul II, which was taken from the church of San Pietro della Ienca in the mountains of the central Abruzzo region over the weekend, reports the BBC.