BACKGROUND Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, religiosity has resurged in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. However, since the late 1990s, research on religion’s impact on contraceptive use and differences ...

The interreligious congress in which Pope Francis participated this week in Kazakhstan adopted a declaration calling religious pluralism an expression “of the wisdom of God’s will in creation.” The 35 ...

Kazakhstan, a key U.S. economic partner in Central Asia, has dramatically reversed legislation curtailing religious freedoms after the measure and the jailings and expulsions of two religious ...

Religious leaders condemned the violence in Gaza and Ukraine, while underlining the need for dialogue and mutual respect at a ...

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) — Pope Francis reaffirmed the critical value Thursday of interfaith dialogue to contrast the “folly of war,” even as one of his own bishops warned that Francis’ ...

Ashimbayev noted that the relationship between Kazakhstan and the Vatican is rooted in decades of constructive cooperation.

(The Conversation) — Christianity is the second-largest religion in Kazakhstan, with 26% of the population practicing the faith. But many Christians, especially in the smaller denominations, have ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) — Pope Francis ...