In a significant ecumenical gesture, Pope Francis said on May 11 that the 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians beheaded by members of the Islamic State in Libya in 2015 will be added to the Roman Martyrology, the list of saints and blesseds commemorated in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches has published The Sacraments in the Life of the Church.
On June 23, Pope Francis received members of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
94% of the Caucasus nation’s 3 million people (map) are Christian, and 82% are members of the Armenian Apostolic Church, an
Oriental Orthodox church that ceased to be in full communion with the Holy See following the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon (451).