VATICAN CITY/RAKOVSKI, BULGARIA, May 3 (Reuters) - Pope Francis starts a trip on Sunday to Bulgaria and North Macedonia where he will have to tread carefully because of sensitive relations with the ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia – An Orthodox Christian diocese in eastern Macedonia has banned female swimmers from taking part in the annual blessing of the waters ceremony to mark the Epiphany holiday. Tens of ...

SOFIA (Reuters) - The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has taken a step towards possible eventual recognition of Macedonia's Orthodox Church, a rapprochement that echoes a warming of relations between the ...

The EU-Western Balkans summit on Dec. 17 in Brussels brings together European Union leaders and their counterparts from six ...

Pope Francis, right, is followed by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I as he hosts a daylong prayer for peace in the Middle East with an unprecedented gathering of Orthodox patriarchs and Catholic ...

Deep concerns have emerged within the Serbian Orthodox Church over a move by the leadership of Orthodox Christianity toward recognizing the Ukrainian church's independence from Moscow. The reasons for ...

Northwest Indiana is known for its cultural and religious diversity, thanks to large historical waves of immigration to the Region. A big part of its “melting pot” are those who celebrate the holidays ...

Pope Francis' most recent foreign trips have had a decidedly interreligious focus. In February, he became the first pontiff to travel to the United Arab Emirates, where he made a joint declaration ...

Orthodox priests in Macedonia have been angered by comments made by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew saying that they belong to a “pseudo church organisation”. Macedonian priests have denounced ...

The Serbian Orthodox Church says it wants to restart talks on the status of a breakaway Macedonian branch, but the timing looks suspicious. The timing of a call by the Serbian Orthodox Church to renew ...

VATICAN CITY/RAKOVSKI, BULGARIA (Reuters) - Pope Francis starts a trip on Sunday to Bulgaria and North Macedonia where he will have to tread carefully because of sensitive relations with the dominant ...