Before his death, Francis made further appointments demonstrating his commitment to integrating women into Church governance.

On Maundy Thursday, it is customary in Bulgaria to dye Easter eggs, starting with the most important one—the first egg must always be painted red. This egg ...

revealing previously hidden patterns of migration across early medieval Europe. Their findings overturn long-held assumptions about population movements during the twilight of the Roman Empire and ...

Archaeologists working at two separate sites in Europe have made strikingly similar discoveries beneath former department ...

Pope Francis was considered one of the more progressive pontiffs as he ensured that women hold several high-level administrative roles in the Catholic church. | Opinion, Art + Culture ...

A discovery at the site where Jesus is believed to have died, been buried and risen from the dead may prove the sacred ...

I’m a believer. Not in a higher power, but in the power of sacred spaces to move, challenge, educate and uplift me.

Until now, archaeologists believed the helmet made its way to Britain from Sweden. But a new discovery casts doubt on the helmet's origins - and could re-write the story of early European history.

Easter, the greatest festival of the Christian church, com­memorates the resurrection of Jesus. It is a movable feast; that is, it is not always held on the same date. In AD 325 the church council of ...

In an example of the lively interchange of ideas and loyalties in multicultural, medieval Spain ... especially the Greco-Roman culture preserved in Egypt and the Near East. They sought to lay ...

One of those convicted, Claudio Eva, a seismologist from the University of Genoa, called the decision “very Italian and medieval ... by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily ...