The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

The medal was the initiative of Israel's ninth president, the late Shimon Peres, and was first awarded in 2012.

The films that made the shortlist in the Oscars’ documentary short category are all powerful and thought-provoking.

Sister Simona Brambilla was appointed as the prefect of a Vatican office that oversees religious orders, but she may not be ...

Old Rare Hoard Including 160 Jewish Coins Buried Under a Building, Leave Them Puzzled Archaeologists have uncovered a ...

Archeologists discovered a 2,100-year-old hoard of 160 coins in the Jordan Valley, dating back to the reign of Hasmonean king ...

A coin hoard dating back about 2,100 years, during the time of the Jewish Hasmonean kings, has been discovered at a site in ...

Alfred Lakritz's 'Adieu' is a detailed, well-researched, and moving account of the author's incredible survival story.

Notwithstanding these momentous and miraculous achievements hidden in the laws of Chanuka is the celebration of another ...