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Pope Francis I,Papal News, Vatican News, , Pope Francis I Related Stories VATICAN CITY: The Catholic and Coptic Orthodox churches are in a position to settle their historical rifts, Pope Francis said Friday as he welcomed his Coptic counterpart, ...

The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Ignatius Zakka I., along with several bishops and archbishops of his church, has publicly thanked the Ambassador for Human Rights of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher, for the ...

Church leaders in Syria have not been able to establish the whereabouts of two Orthodox bishops who were kidnapped on April 22, or to understand the motive for the abductions. We are groping in the dark, admitted Archbishop Jean-Clement Jeanbart of ...

TBILISI: Thousands of Georgian ultra-conservative Orthodox supporters led by priests yesterday broke through heavy police cordons to prevent a gay rights rally from taking place in the deeply religious ex-Soviet state. Scores of gay rights activists ...

MOSCOW, May 17 (RIA Novosti/RAPSI) - A Moscow court fined the head of a consumer rights group 100,000 rubles (about $3,200) on Friday for libeling a Russian religious foundation. , the head of Russias consumer rights watchdog, claimed the Christ the ...

TBILISI, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The European Union officials on Friday appealed to head of the Georgian Orthodox Church to help restore social order after scuffles flared up at an anti-homophobia rally in the Georgian capital. "I am informed that the ...

Members of the St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Church have been working in their kitchens for days in anticipation of the 8th annual Russian Food Festival. This year's menu features entrees such as beef stroganoff (gluten-free!) and shish kebab, sides ...

HARBIN, May 14 (RIA Novosti) The leader of Russias Orthodox Church conducted a landmark service in the Chinese city of Harbin on Tuesday, the first in several decades. Patriarch Kirill, accompanied by a large Orthodox clergy delegation, sang a hymn ...

the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was on his visit to China. Accompanying His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was an official delegation which included Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow ...