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Older Catholics will remember that until 1965 Catholics prayed for the conversion of Russia at the end of each low Mass.
Two decades after the collapse of the USSR, history’s most atheistic state, the vast majority of Russians attest to a belief in God – more than in any other European country – according to a 2011 opinion poll.
However, deeper analysis of the results reveals that while it would seem that Russia is a land of believers, the populace is not particularly religious.
Experts say that most Russians lead overwhelmingly secular lives and pay little heed to the Orthodox Church’s increasingly frequent efforts to influence public morals. Read more
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