Since Russia's invasion began, more than 100 religious leaders and activists have faced persecution for opposing the war.

Even before the archbishop arrived to start the great consecration ceremony at St. Martin Orthodox Church, members of the community were there, praying and singing psalms.

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

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.

Russia has passed a new law that will soon make it illegal to search for online content labeled "extremist" by the government. The legislation comes into effect on September 1, 2025. It will ...

Nuzzo wondered if the religious sculpture went to the still-operational Christ Our Savior church in South Holland, which absorbed many former St. Mary’s parishioners.