Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that comes amid strained relations with Rome due to Russia's ongoing war in ...

In this photo released by, Russian servicemen and priests attend a service next to the monument to Vladimir The Great in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July ...

A Christian convert in Egypt has been charged with terrorism after he requested a new identification document to reflect his ...

The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo received Metropolitan Anthony, the senior Russian Orthodox Church cleric who chairs its ...

Pope Leo XIV held a first meeting on Saturday with a senior Russian Orthodox cleric at the Vatican since becoming the head of ...

Pope Leo met with Metropolitan Anthony of the Russian Orthodox Church to discuss strained relations and global conflicts, ...

Pope Leo discussed the war in Ukraine on Saturday with Metropolitan Anthony, a senior cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church, ...

Since assuming the papacy in May, Leo has repeatedly appealed for peace in global conflicts and this month told visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the Vatican was willing to host ...

About 25 miles (40 km) from a slowly advancing Russian frontline, a community of Ukrainian Catholics is tending to people ...

Moscow continues to use a 2002 anti-extremism law to protect the Kremlin and the Orthodox Church, and makes up movements.

Father Bedari never parted from two things: his prayer rosary and his pistol -- symbolizing his dual commitment to faith and ...