Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re blesses the coffin as he leads the funeral Mass of Pope Francis, in Saint Peter's Square, at the Vatican, April 26, 2025. He threw in his lot with the Jesuits, the Church ...

The convergence of Easter occurs occasionally when the Gregorian calendar, used by the Catholic Church, and the Julian calendar, used by Orthodox Churches not in communion with Rome, align on ...

Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same date in 2025 as they also hope to one day see greater unity among all ...

This weekend, Christians of all denominations are celebrating Easter. Orthodox Christians in Germany are grateful for that, and long for more. Millions of Orthodox Christians currently live in ...

Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew speaks during his meeting with Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in Athens, on Thursday May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) 34,534 ...

Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians, speaks during a plenary session at the 50th World Economic Forum annual meeting. the spiritual leader of Orthodox ...

The haredi (ultra-Orthodox) party United Torah Judaism announced on Wednesday that it considered itself released from prior agreements and that it would consult with its spiritual leadership ...

DSK Mariam is part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churches — one ... When bells tolled for Communion, congregants lined up to receive it, waiting their turn for a priest to break bread ...

April 20 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin joined other worshippers for an Easter service led by the head of Russia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill ...

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...

In his 34 years on the throne of St. Andrew, the spiritual leader of a broad segment of the Eastern Orthodox world has made a reputation for himself as a moderate voice in not only the church but ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians has said that religious faith should serve as humanity’s safeguard amid rapidly advancing technology and what he ...