In what can be considered an exercise of Vatican soft diplomacy, a group of 19 Catholic theologians published an open letter on March 2 criticizing the “Russian military aggression” against Ukraine.

Russian Orthodox Sister Vassa Larin, a popular catechist, has denounced the official position of the Russian Orthodox Church on the war in Ukraine. Sister Larin is pictured in an undated photo.

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, speaking Friday before a New York audience, defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine, and he denounced the Russian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians, arrives for a meeting with ...