Pope Francis on Sunday sharply denounced the Ukrainian government’s recently enacted ban on Russian Orthodox Church worship, arguing that the faithful should not be barred from worshipping as ...

In 2019, the spiritual head of the global Orthodox Church, Patriarch Bartholomew ... sorrow the fighting in Ukraine and the Russian Federation,” the pope said on Sunday.

Recent days have offered a reminder of a hard truth about such outreach, which is that sometimes when you extend your hand, ...

The pope stated that "a person does not commit ... a long-debated bill outlawing churches affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church, including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Aug. 25 (UPI) --Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the Ukraine government's ban of the Russian-linked Orthodox Church. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday signed a law barring ...

Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, told DW about the debate over Pope Francis' remarks on ...

Zelensky -- who met with the pope in June at the G7 in Italy -- signed a law Saturday banning the Russian-linked Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Ukraine has been seeking to distance itself from the ...

On Sunday, at his weekly Angelus appointment, Pope Francis decried a new Ukrainian law concerning the Russian Orthodox Church and its presence in Ukraine. Popes don’t usually criticize national ...

"Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched," Pope Francis said about a Ukrainian law banning the Russian Orthodox Church, which President ...