The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Daniel, congratulated Pope Leo XIV for succeeding Pope Francis on Thursday, ...

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, sent a message of congratulations on Friday to Pope Leo, whose ...

The Russian Orthodox Church has been a powerful ally ... after he urged Patriarch Kirill not to become the Kremlin's "altar boy", saying such remarks would hurt dialogue between the two churches.

Analysis seen exclusively by The Independent found inconsistent messaging across Russian state-run outlets in the days following the death of Pope Francis, which analysts say could have been part of a ...

He also urged the head of the Russian Orthodox church, who is closely aligned with the Russian state, not to become the Kremlin's "altar boy". Despite that, he disappointed many Ukrainians by not ...

In 2022, the pope warned the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church not to be “Putin’s altar boy.” Francis sent prelate Matteo Zuppi to Kyiv, Moscow and Washington in an effort to broker a ...

Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the top figure in Eastern Orthodox Christianity ... the meeting with thousands of altar boys in St Peter's Square, Vatican City ...

Outlets like TASS and RT excluded Pope Francis’s 2022 criticism of a Russian Orthodox bishop Patriarch ... warned him not to become “Putin’s altar boy.” Instead, Russian coverage has ...

Mr Albanese also took time after the service to speak to Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher and nuns at the church, reflecting on his time at the cathedral as an altar boy and on school sports teams.

His relations with the Russian Orthodox Church soured in 2022 after he called Patriarch Kirill of Moscow "Putin's Altar Boy" for supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. His statements ...

He also urged the head of the Russian Orthodox church, who is closely aligned with the Russian state, not to become the Kremlin's "altar boy". Despite that, he disappointed many Ukrainians by not ...