Members of the clergy of Eastern Catholic Churches offer prayers for Pope Francis. This emphasizes the pope's leadership over the Universal Church. #SalamatPopeFrancis | ABS-CBN News

At the funeral of Pope Francis, Eastern Catholic priests representing several Eastern rites , including the Maronite, and Melkite Catholics , offered prayers and chants during the ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica. Uniting Latin and Eastern traditions. Eastern Orthodox leaders, including Patriarchs and Metropolitans, were present among the dignitaries in St. Peter’s Square. The funeral drew thousands of faithful and religious figures from around the world in a solemn farewell to the late pontiff.

HIGHLIGHTS | Hundreds attended the Byzantine Divine Liturgy during the #IEC2021Budapest. The Divine Liturgy is the form of the Eucharist in the Byzantine rite, which is used by several of the Eastern Catholic Churches, as well as the Eastern Orthodox Churches. #IEC2021 | EWTN GB

On May 14, 2025, on the eve of the Jubilee of the Eastern Churches, Pope Leo XIV welcomed Eastern Catholic leaders and faithful to Paul VI Hall for his first audience with them. Echoing Pope Leo XIII, he expressed joy, stating, "The work of human redemption began in the East." Before the audience, Eastern Catholic cardinals, patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops of various Eastern Catholic Churches processed into St. Peter's Basilica for a Mass celebrated by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sak