Pope vows every effort to work for peace in regions where Christians persecuted, forced to flee Leo told a Holy Year audience of eastern rite pilgrims that the Catholic Church needs them. Eastern ...

Eastern-rite Catholics accept the authority of the pope but have many of their own rituals and liturgy. They include the Coptic, Chaldean, Maronite and Eritrean Catholic churches, as well as the ...

Eastern-rite Catholics accept the authority of the pope but have many of their own rituals and liturgy. They include the Coptic, Chaldean, Maronite and Eritrean Catholic churches, as well as the ...