Patriarch Bartholomew

Eastern Orthodox patriarch meets with Biden, discusses climate change

By Jack Jenkins — October 26, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘The entire life of the church is a calling to ecological awareness,’ said Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew.

Russian Orthodox Church issues warning to Orthodoxy’s leader

By Vladimir Isachenov — September 28, 2018
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Orthodox Church warned Friday that it would sever ties with the leader of the worldwide Orthodox community if he grants autonomy to Ukraine's Orthodox Church.

Pope and Orthodox Christian leader issue unprecedented appeal for the environment

By Christopher Lamb — September 1, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — 'Our attitude and behaviour towards creation obscures our calling as God’s co-operators,' wrote Pope Francis and Orthodox Christian leader Patriarch Bartholomew.

Rejecting fear, despair to confront climate crisis as people of faith

By guest — September 1, 2016
(RNS) There is very little in today’s culture to help us stomach this truth of the climate crisis. Yet my faith explicitly prohibits fear.

Act now, for God’s sake, faith voices urge Paris climate conference

By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 9, 2015
(RNS) Christians and Jews, Muslims and Mormons are pressing leaders to forcefully address climate change. They're powered by deep belief that a just society requires this.

Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew may join Vatican prayer summit

By Josephine McKenna — June 3, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A formal announcement may be made Wednesday (June 4).

Vatican: Too early to confirm 2025 Orthodox-Catholic summit

By Josephine McKenna — June 2, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Despite cordial meetings between Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople during the pontiff’s visit to Jerusalem, the Vatican has rejected media reports that a 2025 event had been confirmed.
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