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The Time Has Come for Easter Union, by Diego Passadore – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Photo by Alexis Baydoun on Unsplash. (Possibly a Byznatine Church.) A church with a chandelier and a red carpet

By Diego Passadore, Catholic Exchange, Feb. 23, 2026

Diego G. Passadore is the author of three books: Mary, the New Woman; Heal the Wound of the Sufferer, My Brother; and Love Until it Hurts. He has also written various articles published in 6 countries.

Author’s Note: This article was adapted from its original publication in Spanish here.

 

Diego Passadore headshotOn November 29, 2025, on the eve of the Feast of St. Andrew, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and Pope Leo XIV signed a historic Joint Declaration at the Phanar in Istanbul, where both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the goal of restoring full communion between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. They expressed a shared desire to find a solution for all Christians to celebrate Easter on the same day every year, following the “providential” occurrence of a shared Easter in 2025. This is an auspicious time to act and increase the hope that Ecclesia will revive!

By way of background, the First Council of Nicæa—the first ecumenical council—took place between May 20th and June 19th, 325.

One of its purposes was to resolve the disagreements that arose within the Church of Alexandria over the nature of the Son in His relationship with the Father, resulting in the Nicæan Creed, later supplemented by the Council of Constantinople in 381, leading to the single Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed common to all Churches. …

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