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Russia paid for Moldovan Orthodox priests to make Moscow pilgrimages and gave them debit cards loaded with hundreds of dollars on their return home. In exchange, priests created Telegram channels to ...

The apology came on the eve of Yom Kippur and in the form of a video shared with Orthodox rabbis, who may be considering backing Cuomo’s mayoral run. Andrew Cuomo apologized Wednesday for having ...

Julia Fox has made a rare red carpet appearance with her son Valentino, months after being excluded from his baptism. The 35-year-old actress, who shares her four-year-old son with ex-husband Peter ...

(RNS) — Two Orthodox Christian women have created a new website about sexual misconduct and abuse in their denomination that not only names names, but offers victims help in coming to terms with their ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Hundreds of Orthodox Jews staged a protest in New York City against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of his scheduled appearance at the UN General Assembly. Demonstrators, organized ...

American sprint star Noah Lyles and his fiancée, Jamaican 4×400m relay athlete Junelle Bromfield, have announced that they have been baptised. The couple shared the news on Instagram on Sunday, ...

For Christina Mines, director of evangelization and catechesis for the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario, the moment that moved her most at her children’s baptisms wasn’t where most might expect: the ...

A. Baptism was instituted, very probably, about the time Our Lord was baptized by St. John, and its reception was commanded when after His resurrection Our Lord said to His Apostles: "All power is ...

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St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Oklahoma City is gearing up for its annual Greek Festival, with festivities set to begin this weekend! Festival visitors can experience live dance performances, ...