The Great Schism divided Western Christianity between 1378 and 1417. Two popes and their courts occupied the see of St. Peter, one in Rome, and one in Avignon. Traditionally, this event has received ...

Originally in communion with the Church of Rome, the churches of East and West were divided by the Great Schism of 1054. Off Orthodox Christians place great emphasis on worship, particularly the ...

The Synod of Russian Orthodox Church made the decision to completely break off the relations with Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in response to it's process of granting autocephaly, or ...

Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former papal ambassador to the United States who became an ultra-conservative critic ...