Pope Leo XIV will meet with Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, ...

Photos and videos from the scene show significant damage to the buildings on the church grounds: shattered windows, charred ...

Metropolitan Anthony, a senior cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church, was quoted by state news agency RIA as saying he would meet Pope Leo on Saturday.

As US foreign aid recedes under Trump, Russia is looking to expand its global development reach in the Global South.

BY SHALVA DZIDZIGURI -- In June, Russia abstained from participation in the gathering estimated to be the first meeting of fellow orthodox church leaders since 787 AD.

A spokesman for the LDS Church said the 15.6-million-member church has no plans to recall its approximately 30 missionaries currently assigned in seven Russian locations—a low number for a country ...

Recent remarks by senior Russian clergy reinforce a sense that Kirill, the new patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, intends to intensify his church's politically fraught mission at home and ...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY, 1 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, left, attends an Orthodox Easter Mass at the Christ The Saviour Catherdal, in Moscow on May,1, 2016.

Patriarch Aleksy II (epa) At a recent convention, Russian Orthodox Church and political leaders spoke of their vision of Russia redefining its place in the world. But is it a vision everyone ...