Sensing that President Donald Trump much prefers tough rhetoric to tough action, Russian President Vladimir Putin is testing ...

The Argentinian pontiff was a powerful progressive voice in world politics, the first Jesuit priest to be spiritual leader of ...

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Also the Russian Orthodox church in 1956 published a Russian Bible ... 33] It is common knowledge among scholars that Tobit and Judith contain obvious historical inaccuracies; however, these ...

Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...

Several properties in Karlovy Vary, including a church building, have been handed over to the Hungarian diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, according to Czech press reports. The church, which has ...

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the vote as an “unprecedentedly aggressive and illegal decision”, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow appealed to the other local Churches and the ...

President Vladimir Putin said Francis had “promoted the development of dialogue between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, as well as constructive cooperation between Russia and ...

ORTHODOX leaders paid tribute this week to Pope Francis, who was widely perceived as a bridge-builder committed to repairing the longstanding division between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

MOSCOW, April 22. /TASS/. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said that Pope Francis’s entourage tried to turn him against the Russian Orthodox Church, but, staying true to his convictions ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral ... population. The church's onion domes, bright ...