From villages like Taybeh to once popular, now struggling tourist destinations like Bethlehem, Christians account for between ...

AMMAN, Jordan (RNS) — King Abdullah II’s annual iftar has become a highly anticipated Ramadan event where members of the royal family, religious leaders and local notables, as well as Palestinian ...

For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the churches celebrate ...

Before concluding the audience, the Holy Father expressed his hope to meet the group again 'in a few months' for an 'ecumenical commemoration' to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.

Ironically, the problems that are causing the waning of the TLM might be remedied were the TLM more widely available.

ISTANBUL (AP) — The top figure in Eastern Orthodox Christianity on Sunday declared that “Ukraine’s sovereignty is not up for debate, nor can it be negotiated under the guise of diplomacy,” as he ...

COMMENTARY: As Russian troops ravaged Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill called the invasion ‘a metaphysical battle against the forces ...

The family of Sophia Forchas shares an update on the 12-year-old's recovery after she was critically injured in a mass ...

An Orthodox priest hears confession during a Mass celebrated Oct. 26, 2007, in Bucharest, Romania. In the United States, a group of Orthodox churches filed a federal lawsuit over a new law in ...