The current ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, has balanced the growing power of Moscow, but the question ...

The Pope was expressing his support for the efforts of the American Catholic Church to protect the rights of refugees and immigrants in a letter. The local church leadership there is resisting the ...

Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...

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Pope Francis, a leader known for steering the Catholic Church toward mercy and care for the marginalized, often to the point of controversy, has died at the age of 88.

Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch, was found hanged in his Sunningdale home in March 2013. Born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Berezovsky converted to Russian Orthodoxy in 1994. His leap of ...

The pontiff, known for his welcoming pastoral style and care for the marginalized, passed away Monday morning.

If there’s one succinct way to describe Pope Francis’s stewardship of the Catholic Church over the last 12 years, it might ...

Pope Francis, a champion of the world's poor and disadvantaged who brought in sweeping reforms within the Catholic Church, died on Monday at the age of 88.

He found significant conflict with American conservatives by speaking ... Because of complex relations with the Orthodox church in Russia, for example, he resisted criticizing Vladimir Putin ...