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 ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

A number of YouTube channels are broadcasting live from Jerusalem. The procession led by the Armenian Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem will first go around the Edicule (the main altar), and then ...

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

COMMENTARY: The renewal of the Church begins at the altar — when we worship with awe, humility, and a heart open to mystery.

Today, two chapels — one Catholic and the other Greek Orthodox — stand atop Calvary ... the Calvary rock through an opening beneath the altar — believed to mark the exact location of ...

Eastern Orthodox churches — such as the Greek and ... candle representing the light of Christ emerging from the tomb. The altar boys then receive the light from the priest and distribute it ...

On Sunday, he will deliver his first noon blessing from the loggia of St. Peter’s and, on Monday, he is to attend an audience ...

Wearing white vestments, Leo processed into the Sistine Chapel and blessed the cardinals as he approached the altar and ...