Italian Archbishop Emilio Nappa, secretary general of the Governorate of the Vatican City State, and Major Archbishop ...

Russia wants the Vatican to "take a more active role" in advocating for what it described as freedom of religion in Ukraine, specifically for members of the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, ...

Moscow has promised to defend Orthodox believers in Ukraine while Kiev accuses its neighbour of preparing for "religious war" after the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchates decision to recognise ...

Ties between the ex-Soviet neighbours have broken down since Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014 following a pro-EU uprising in Kiev, and this year those tensions spilled into the religious arena. The ...

The supposed "persecution of Christians" in Ukraine ranks among the most popular tropes of Russian disinformation. Kremlin propaganda has sought to cast the state's push to limit the influence of the ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday he had spoken with Pope Leo XIV and invited him to visit Ukraine. On Sunday, the pontiff he carried “in my heart the sufferings of the ...

As wars in different corners of the world rage on, the people of Ukraine’s defense against Russian invaders has blown past the four year mark. It’s the longest conflict in Europe since World War II.