The Russian Orthodox Church hit back at the Vatican this week after Pope Francis told an Italian newspaper that Patriarch Kirill should not "transform himself into Putin's altar boy" amid the invasion ...

LONDON (Reuters) -The Russian Orthodox Church scolded Pope Francis on Wednesday for using the wrong tone after he urged Patriarch Kirill not to become the Kremlin’s “altar boy”, cautioning the Vatican ...

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill’s willingness to “justify the Russian invasion” of Ukraine demeans his office on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Pope Francis. “I spoke with ...

Wonder Land: While 'identity' debates are everywhere in the United States, Ukraine's ordeal makes the stakes crystal clear, as Vladimir Putin attempts to destroy the country's cultural heritage.

The European Union scrapped plans to sanction Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, several outlets reported Thursday, bowing to Hungarian objections to penalize the Russian religious ...

Israeli archaeologists say workers have uncovered an ancient pagan altar while clearing ground for construction of a hotly disputed hospital emergency room. They say the discovery proves an ancient ...

Easter is more than a day to Harrisburg-area Christians. That’s especially true to the area’s Orthodox churches, which have spent the past several days observing Bright Week. The week, which began on ...

Greek Orthodox priests taking part in a procession inside the Katholikon, or Catholicon Chapel, in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Eddie Gerald / Alamy Stock Photo For decades it was ...

LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) - The Russian Orthodox Church scolded Pope Francis on Wednesday for using the wrong tone after he urged Patriarch Kirill not to become the Kremlin's "altar boy", cautioning the ...