Christianity

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Tuesday that the war in Ukraine was marked by...

By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - A commission investigating child sexual abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said on Tuesday...

By Henriette Chacar JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prayers in Arabic and Latin echoed in the rotunda of Jerusalem's Church of the...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday called for an Easter truce in Ukraine, and in an...

(Reuters) - The head of Russia's Orthodox Church called on people on Sunday to rally around the authorities as Moscow...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday called for an Easter truce in Ukraine, leading to negotiations and peace....

By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Ukraine would expect Russia to suspend hostilities during an eventual papal visit to Kyiv,...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A week into the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a flashpoint Jerusalem site is seeing nightly confrontations...

LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the Russian Orthodox faith was quoted as saying on Thursday that his church and...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned "the massacre of Bucha" and kissed a Ukrainian flag...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Lebanese president Michel Aoun said on Tuesday he has been informed by the Vatican envoy that Pope...

By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Pope Francis's long-awaited apology to Canada's indigenous community for more than a century...

By Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) -Pope Francis paid tribute on Sunday to journalists killed during the Ukraine...

By Philip Pullella VALLETTA (Reuters) -Pope Francis, struggling with leg pain, on Sunday said countries should always help those trying...

(Reuters) - The head of the Russian Orthodox Church held a service for Russian soldiers on Sunday in which he...

By Philip Pullella VALLETTA (Reuters) -Pope Francis said on Saturday he was considering a trip to Kyiv and implicitly criticised...

By Philip Pullella VALLETTA (Reuters) - Pope Francis had to use an elevator to board a plane taking him to...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis issued a historic apology to Canadian indigenous peoples on Friday for the...

(This March 30 story corrects to remove reference to 2019 statement on homosexuality that Rasanen did not make) HELSINKI (Reuters)...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Canadian indigenous leaders seeking an apology for the Catholic Church's role in notorious...