The alleged pipeline is a sign that the Russian state is leveraging its national church’s expansion into Africa.

Vladimir Putin does not have, like China and Western countries, billions of dollars to build roads, bridges, power plants, mining mines in Africa and ensure his economic influence. Nor does he have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill (L) on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 4, ...

The regime of Vladimir Putin is using the Russian Orthodox Church in efforts to repress other faiths not only in Ukraine and ...

What may be the most significant expansion in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church is serving as a powerful new tool for the Kremlin.

Pope Francis received a top-ranking member of the Russian Orthodox Church for private discussions at the Vatican this week. The Holy See Press Office confirmed on July 12 that the pope received ...

(RNS) — A critical explanation for congressional Republicans’ current resistance to providing aid to Ukraine is the belief among the GOP’s religious right influencers that Russian President Vladimir ...

EKLUTNA, Alaska (AP) — The Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska’s biggest city is packed with treasures for the Christian faithful: religious icons gifted by Romanov czars, panels of oil ...

The Russian Orthodox Church reaffirmed its strict opposition to abortion this week, putting it at odds with the Kremlin's more relaxed position. A spokesperson for the church released a statement on ...

As President Donald Trump's administration works toward a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) are warning that Vladimir Putin's Russia believes it ...

The damaged entrance of the Orthodox Christian monastery in Sviatohirsk, in eastern Ukraine, in April. (yasuyoshi chiba/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) The Ukrainian arm of the Russian Orthodox ...