A wave of attacks on gay people is sweeping Russia. and local Church leaders, fearful of western influence, are not addressing it
In a letter Pope Francis asks G20 leaders to give up ‘futile’ idea of military intervention
Pontiff to interrupt summer break for talks in Rome
St George (April 23) is patron saint not only of England, but also Russia, Palestine, Greece and Catalonia
Russia’s population decline is a national emergency, and its attitude to abortion is to blame
Fr Alexis Tarasov says that sometimes talking and listening to someone is all it takes
Tyrannical governments, unlike our own, just ignore the ECHR when they don’t like its judgments
The belt of the Mother of God, believed by the Orthodox to have been worn by the Virgin Mary, has been brought to Russia from Mount Athos
The monarchy has great symbolic power: the royal couple could set a standard about the purpose and meaning of matrimony
The life and death of Boris Berezovsky should serve as a cautionary tale
Comparing the fate of the Russian oligarch and the life of Pope Francis is sad but instructive