Oct. 22 (UPI) --Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the primate of the Church of England, has joined Catholic and Orthodox leaders worldwide in calls for a ceasefire after Israel destroyed a Greek ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite its relatively small size, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has, in the words of historian Kathryn David, “played an ...

A Catholic bishop and an Orthodox artist are asking believers and non-believers of all backgrounds to open their minds to a world more complex than what is visible. Bishop Robert Barron, the most ...

Most notably, the document, which does not speak officially for either ecclesial entity, recommends that the Orthodox Church recognize Catholic marriage and the Catholic Church take steps to recognize ...

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, head of the worldwide Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, delivers the homily during a Mass of thanksgiving for Aid to the Church in Need at St.

Catholic-Orthodox relations took a step forward this month with the publication of the first joint statement in seven years. The document said Pope Francis’ hope for a synodal Church promotes “a more ...

A group of Orthodox churches has joined the Catholic bishops of Washington state in suing the government over its requirement that clergy either violate the seal of confession or face jail time. The ...

The faithful celebrated Our Lady’s nativity through the streets of Helsinki. A statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried by the Catholic faithful on Sept. 8 in Helsinki. (photo: Marko ...

In its first detailed analysis of the Vatican's pre-Christmas declaration "Fiducia Supplicans," Russia's Orthodox Church has accused Pope Francis of "rejecting the Christian moral ideal" by allowing ...

What is Orthodox Christmas? And why do millions of people celebrate it on January 7 - The ancient church in the Roman Empire set its religious feasts based on the Julian calendar ...

The beards of Orthodox priests are some of their most striking attributes, marking them as different from other Western ...