Constantinople. Bartholomew, who serves as head of the Eastern Orthodox Christian church, described the gesture as “brave and bold.” July 5, 2019: Pope Francis says the Russian Orthodox Church is attempting to manipulate other religions (denominations) in Ukraine. September 17, 2019: Pope Francis lunch together with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at Domus Sanctae Marthae. October 5, 2019: Pope Francis appoints 13 new cardinals during a ceremony at the Vatican. October 6, 2019: The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region begins. October 10, 2019: The Episcopal Conference of Poland has agreed to begin the canonization process for the parents of John Paul II. 2021: The Philippines was celebrated by the 500th Year Anniversary of the Arrival of the Christianity since 1521 in Cebu City was arrival of the Spanish Colonizers and the commemoration of Santo Niño de Cebú under the Quincentennial Celebrations. See also History of the Catholic Church Legal history of the Catholic Church History of the papacy Great Church Timeline of Christianity Ecclesiastical history of the Catholic Church History according to the Catholic Church References Me Further reading The History of the Catholic Church, From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium James Hitchcock, Ph.D. Ignatius Press, 2012 Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church. Crocker, H.W. Bokenkotter, Thomas. A Concise History of the Catholic Church. Revised and expanded ed. New York: Image Books Doubleday, 2005. External links History of the Catholic Church Timeline of Church History at Orthodoxwiki. Catholic Church