To be called Ararat, a tract of land on nearby Grand Island that was intended in 1825 to be the first autonomous Jewish ...

The father of the church is almost impossibly long, his wild beard its own center of gravity. The translator of the Bible would not have worn the red robe today’s cardinals sport as they gather at ...

Ararat, a settlement dreamed up in the 1800s, was meant to offer a refuge to Jews. But after an ornate ceremony, plans never ...

That is why most popes in history have chosen the name John. After stating his new name, the new pope is taken to the ...

President Emmanuel Macron of France sat across an aisle from President Trump, and Melania Trump, the first lady, and the two presidents shook hands at one point in the service. Former President Joseph ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

THE Pope’s last words included thanks to his nurse for encouraging him to greet the crowds in St Peter’s Square one last time ...

This year's Good Friday service at NYC's Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, a mostly Latino congregation with many immigrants, ...

Santa Semana—or Holy Week—in Spain is a big, BIG deal. Started in the 1600’s as a way for the “common folk” to understand and ...

At dawn on Sept. 15, 1825, a burst of cannon fire shook the ramshackle buildings of Buffalo, N.Y. Families raced down the main street to witness a grand ceremony, following a parade of soldiers ...

The outspoken cardinal also blasted calls to equate marriage with same-sex unions, saying it 'totally contradicts the doctrine of the Bible ... leave behind their red robes and to put their ...

black and white robes of an Anglican bishop. Bishop David Parsons, holding up a red paper heart to signify the blood of Jesus, a black one to signify sin, a Bible and a flashlight, said ...