Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...

President Trump’s presence at the Vatican funeral marks a rare moment of reverence amid a complex relationship with the late ...

Tributes came from around the globe, offering condolences to the world’s Catholics and praising the pontiff’s commitment to ...

The Vatican said the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart failure. Francis had chronic lung ...

Pope Francis died Monday, the Vatican announced, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated many conservatives with ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style ...

Russia announced an "Easter truce" on Saturday, but Moscow and Kyiv have accused one another of violating the temporary ceasefire.

The majority of all Orthodox are Russian (100 million) or Ukrainian (28 million), out of some 220 million total. The Russian Orthodox Church is now allied with an aggressive nationalist imperialism.