Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, traveled abroad on apostolic journeys nearly 50 times during his 12-year papacy. The octagenarian pope continued to travel even after being hampered for a ...

In Egypt, regional churches and other denominations have offered their condolences to the Vatican following the death of Pope ...

As monks' quarters and graffiti-laced walls are revealed beneath the desert sun, a long-forgotten chapter of Christian ...

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about the truth behind the Easter story.

'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons ...

The imposing sci-fi worthy structure, about 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is circulating online after being spotted on Google Maps. On social media, people have compared it to a skyscraper ...

Pope Francis has praised the courageous witness of the 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians killed by ISIS in 2015, calling them “saints of all Christians.” Pope Francis has praised the courageous witness of ...

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Three first-generation Indian Christians face strong societal and familial pressures. Rethinam, a 45-year-old woman from rural Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state in India, hates looking at her ...

I was surprised on Friday when I started getting messages that my book, White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, which won a 2021 American Book Award, appeared as #46 on ...

The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is currently working on a project of translation and publication of “the pamphlets of the Arab Antiquities Preservation Committee” which is one of the most ...