The head of the Russian Orthodox Church recently commended Vladimir Putin over his handling of church and state relations ...

Russian Patriarch, Criticised by Pope Francis, Sends Warm Message to Leo MOSCOW (Reuters) - Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox ... pope from the United States.

TASS/. Pope Francis played a substantial role in building communication between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, said Hieromonk Stefan Igumnov, a spokesman at the Moscow ...

This is in marked contrast to his previous pronouncements, which were regarded as pro-Russian ... said: “Orthodox and Catholics are united not only by the shared Tradition of the Church of ...

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, a faithful backer of the ...

Robert Prevost of the U.S. is the new Catholic pontiff, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The Chicago-born cardinal ministered in ...

MOSCOW - Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church ... on Thursday to serve as the first pope from the United States. "In this context, the relationship between the Christian ...