In death as in life, Pope Francis chose simplicity: a modest casket, carried before the faithful at St. Peter’s Basilica in a ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and the place Pope ...

On Bright Friday—the Friday of the first week after Easter—the Orthodox Church honours the Feast of the Life-Giving Spring, ...

In an interview aired on Sharjah TV, His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler ...

Saint Catherine’s Monastery was the place where God spoke to Prophet Moses and manifested to him on the mountain.

Archaeologists think they may have made a breakthrough discovery of an ancient city with links to a major historical figure.

For decades, a scattering of ruins in southeastern Europe was dismissed as little more than an unremarkable military outpost, ...

Eastern Orthodox Church, includes Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches. Unlike Catholics, Eastern Orthodox allows priests to ...

To certain traditional Catholic ears, the pontiff from Buenos Aires was cause for concern. To more worldly ears, he was cause ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa emphasized that Christ's resurrection was not just a celebration of life conquering death, ...

The artifacts found at the site in North Macedonia suggest a timeline of human occupation stretching back to the Bronze Age.

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.