Among the reasons cited is the fact that both Russia and Ukraine are predominantly Eastern Orthodox countries, while the ...

Pope Leo XIV is willing to host peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv, yet Russia's stance towards the Vatican is likely to ...

Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said the idea of the Vatican was ‘a bit inelegant’ as Russia and Ukraine were Eastern ...

Pope Leo XIV offered to host or facilitate peace talks between warring parties in pursuit of global peace, but Moscow has ...

EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES. There are many parallels between the beliefs ... In one case, that of St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, such a dispute found no resolution short of schism within the church ...

A violent incident at Mount Athos has reignited tensions between the Esfigmenos Monastery and individuals occupying part of ...

The U.S. and European leaders are placing their hopes in the Vatican to engage Russia and Ukraine in peace talks, after ...

The U.S. and European leaders are placing their hopes in the Vatican to engage Russia and Ukraine in peace talks, after President Donald Trump said Pope Leo XIV had expressed interest in the idea. The ...

Liberal in outlook, sometimes casual in religious observance, traditional Anglo-Jewry is oddly yoked with more recent immigrants from Eastern Europe—rigidly Orthodox Jews, fearful that their ...

A surge of people converting to Orthodox Christianity is helping local parishes here buck the national trend of declining ...

Trump proposed in a statement on social media that Pope Leo XIV host delegations in Vatican City and play a mediating role in ...