Anyone who is interested in the roots of Christian history is familiar with the following, drawn from the 11th chapter of Acts. Where is Antioch today? That biblical city now known as Antakya, located ...

When Pope Francis formally opens the Holy Year next week, he will launch a dizzying 12-month calendar of events that include ...

The Church is not technophobic. It approaches scientific knowledge as “a divinely granted gift to human beings,” without however overlooking or suppressing the dangers of scientism. The Encyclical of ...

Bareheaded and carrying a lighted candle in his left hand, the frail figure of Pope Pius XII crossed the threshold of the ...

From the genocide of the Nazis to the atrocities of Hamas, the Hanukkah Menorah’s lights are kindled, and Judea lives on.

The 57-year-old Nigerian was living in Irpin, just outside Kyiv, close to a military airport. Russia’s brutal invasion of ...

From uniquely American holiday activities to Welsh winter customs, here’s how different countries and cultures celebrate the ...

Orthodox Christianity and Islam emerged as much bigger geopolitical threats than Judaism to Catholic western Europe. Judaism receded to the periphery of monotheistic West Eurasia (to use the sensible ...

As the war in Gaza rages, Syria’s government transforms, and the Israeli-occupied West Bank seethes, Armenian residents of ...

This past Sunday, churches in Syria witnessed a remarkable surge in attendees across cities and towns as people gathered to ...

The Fourth Crusade left three terrible legacies: a deepening religious split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic ...

Signs around the Eternal City declare "Roma si trasforma" -- "Rome is transformed" as an explanation for the ubiquitous ...