The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has sanctified Moscow’s Ukraine invasion, which he has described as a “holy war.” But Moscow had a dialogue with the late Pope Francis, ...

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

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The U.N. human rights office says more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since May while trying to get food in the ...

At joint press conference with Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III, Cardinal Pizzaballa says situation 'morally unacceptable ...

The timing of the meeting follows a call on June 4 between Pope Leo and Putin, during which the Kremlin urged the Vatican to ...

Russian forces launched 42 Shahed-type attack drones and other drones overnight, primarily from Russia and occupied Crimea, ...

The meeting will be the pope’s first audience with the senior Russian cleric, who represented Patriarch Kirill, head of the ...

Metropolitan Anthony of the Russian Orthodox Church is set to meet Pope Leo at the Vatican amidst strained relations due to the Ukraine war. He serves as the chairman of the church's department of ...

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.

The Israeli shelling of the Holy Family Church in Gaza has drawn U.S. criticism while Pope Leo XIV spoke Sunday of his "deep sorrow" and called for an end to the "barbarity of war." ...