Marsalek, 45, who holds eight passports, is thought to be hiding out in Russia after assuming the identity of an Orthodox ...

In many religions and cultures, women's hair has gained great symbolic significance. Hair is associated with dignity, modesty, or holiness, according to Torstein Try, an associate professor at Ansgar ...

For approximately 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, Rome is the axis around which the entire cosmos turns. It is often said that the Catholic Church “thinks in centuries,” but when the ...

He dusted off forgotten pieces in the papal wardrobe, such as the camauro, a hat resembling that of Santa ... level and leaving questions about orthodox doctrine to rulings from the Roman Curia.

Clothes  In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Polonius tells his son Laertes to dress well because “apparel oft proclaims the man.” Now ...

St. Patrick is as a Roman Catholic figure, but a church in Grevena, in northern Greece, has always celebrated him.

Fr Georg Tserodze, a prominent Orthodox priest in Georgia, issued an open letter to the head of a government security body urging him to stop its brutality against protesters. “Zviad ...

A Greek Orthodox priest who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $100,000 from his church to fuel a gambling addiction had his sentencing in front of a judge this week. Dozens of his family ...

A FORMER Russian Orthodox priest, now ministering as an Anglican, has urged Western church support for a close friend arrested in Moscow and accused of plotting to kill a senior Russian Orthodox ...