Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...

The Vatican opened St. Peter’s Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with thousands of people filling the central aisle and Swiss Guards standing at ...

Thousands of people have begun filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his funeral ...

Pope Francis bows his head in prayer during his election night appearance on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica ...

The Holy Light arrived in Greece on Holy Saturday and will be making its way across the country as Greeks prepare to mark ...

Western churches adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept the older Julian one.

Holding unlit candles, they pack into the sprawling 12th century basilica built on the site where, according to tradition, ...

Orthodox Christians in Germany are grateful for that, and long for more.Millions of Orthodox Christians currently live in ...

With Catholic and Orthodox Easter falling on the same day this year, four parishes in Brooklyn are merging their choirs for a ...

Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...

In all, "The extension of a cholera outbreak in Africa causing a cluster of infections in Europe is unusual," the authors ...