Diplomacy is back. At least, talk about negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war is finally in vogue, as the battlefield ...

Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.

In the days since his death, Pope Francis has been called a reformer, outsider, influencer and modernizer. He was all of these things. But he was also the steward of the oldest institution in the ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A kesis or priest, waves a censer burning incense ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men participate in a blessing (Leo Correa/AP) The prayer was led by many of the country’s top rabbis as well as Eliya Cohen, a former hostage who was released from Gaza in ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men participate in a blessing during the holiday of Passover, at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

In places where Orthodox and Catholic parishes are in proximity to each other, a common Easter offers opportunities for joint prayers and processions. Even if the Orthodox would not attend ...

Why does it matter? And why is the Putin regime embracing these values? In the book, “Family, Sex and Faith: The Biopolitics of the Russian Orthodox Church,” Professor Pål Kolstø, a Russian studies ...

Christian groups have criticised the possibility of changes to the council meetings The possibility of removing prayers and the national anthem from Havering Council meetings has drawn criticism ...

ORTHODOX bishops in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina have appealed for national unity, as disputes and protests in both countries fuelled fears of instability. “Every man was created as an icon of God — ...

Not only that, but Isaac is also a proud Orthodox Jew. His new book, “Georgie Summers and the Scribes of Scatterplot,” follows 12-year-old Georgie Summers, who goes on a fantastical adventure when a ...