MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering ...

On April 20, Francis did not go down into the square to pray before the Byzantine icon placed in front of the altar, as had been ... dates are calculated for Orthodox and Catholic Christians.

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

It has also added monthly well-being sessions — at no charge — with acupuncture, Reiki and cupping therapy to ease the stress that uncertainty and fear have sown among the migrant community ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Right after Sunday worship at St. Paul’s-San Pablo Lutheran Church, Juan Carlos Toapanta lay in a lounge chair set up by the altar, needles sticking out of his forehead ...

The cardinal, the church leader of the island nation, issued the circular last October, saying serving at the altar is reserved for boys as it is "one of the main sources" for priesthood vocations.

The little boy who was hit and killed by a school bus in Boston was identified by his family Tuesday as 5-year-old Lens Arthur Joseph. He was hit by the bus on Washington Street in Hyde Park ...

Apparently, I cried a lot as a child. I don’t know if I cried a lot compared with other boys. But for whatever reason, my parents nicknamed me Tiny Tears, after the American Character doll that ...

A young woman who was raped by two boys at Limerick Racecourse when she was 16 has said her attackers stripped her of her innocence and what was left of her childhood. In a victim impact statement ...

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