Whether in the misty fjords of the North or the Dnieper River in Kyiv, baptism was often a coerced conversion — a communal ...

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 ...

The Russian Orthodox Church issued a statement after the meeting, which said: “The discussion touched on numerous issues, including the state of ...

Russian fans of heavy metal and goth music could face prison after the Kremlin’s top court outlawed the “international ...

At a glance, it might seem like government support would strengthen religious institutions. In reality, it can backfire, ...

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

Russian heavy metal and goth music fans in Russia could face prison after Vladimir Putin banned "satanists". The Kremlin's ...

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

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 ...