Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow

The archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow , in the Russian Federation, was canonically set up the February 11th 2002 by the pope Jean-Paul II. It had been set up before in apostolic administration the April 13rd 1991 starting from the territory of the diocese of Vladivostok. Its archbishop is Paolo Pezzi.

There are 200.000 catholics in the area of Moscow, that is to say 0,3% of the total population. Hundred thirty-seven priests carry their ministry in sixty-three parishes and there is nearly 240 catholic monks in this ecclesiastical province. This diocese has a surface of 2.629 000 km ².

The majority of the catholic priests of Moscow were not born in Russia and the situation remains difficult for the Catholic church in this area of the world. The oecumenical Dialog with the Russian orthodoxe Église is necessary to the every day to ensure social peace.

The parish Saint-Louis-of-French was a long time the only catholic parish of Moscow during the Soviet era. The catholics were to hide before, but today the masses are celebrated twenty-seven time per day in twelve languages. The December 8th 1991, last day of the Soviet Union, was also the Fête of the Immaculate-Design.

This archdiocese has two churches, of which the Cathédrale of the Immaculate-Design of Moscow. Often, the parishioners must celebrate the mass inside the American and German embassies. Many gréco-catholics, members of the Church Russian gréco-catholic, are attached to the archdiocese, which is devoted to the Virgin Mary.

The young people are active in this diocese but the Russian Loi recognizes with difficulty the parishes and the religious communities. Several organizations are active, of which the Focolari, the Chemin néocatéchuménal, Communion and release and Caritas.

Russia is often associated with the events of Fátima. Lucia back Santos was delighted in 1991 by meeting the new Russian apostolic administrator. In 2004, the pope and the patriarch Alexis II exchanged wishes of peace while recovering the Icône from Kazan.

Suffragan

Diocese of Saint-Clement with Saratov
Diocese of Saint-Joseph with Irkutsk
Diocese of Tranfiguration with Novosibirsk

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