Under the direction of Portuguese missionaries, large quantities of ivory sourced from their East African colonies came to be used to carve ecclesiastical statuettes by indigenous artisans.

Yet here sits a thriving abbey with its youthful monks, drawing pilgrims while its Benedictines pray the ancient Latin of the ...

When British parliamentarians approved a law to allow physician-assisted suicide on Nov. 29, it followed a year of ...

A small silver amulet discovered by archaeologists in Germany could transform our understanding of how Christianity spread ...

Less than 1% of nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. That number has remained steady in the past decade but shows little signs of increasing. Between ...

Less than 1% of nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. That number has remained steady in the past decade but ...

Jürgen Moltmann passes, Russia restricts Ukrainian churches, and church planters strategize about how to start congregations ...

Britain has become the Western capital for sharia courts, with 85 operating throughout the country. The news hardly bodes ...

Smartphone apps, social media, and artificial intelligence are all making religion more accessible. Is it enough to slow ...

Long-term analysis of 198 countries and territories shows government restrictions on religion and social hostilities toward ...

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery of a 3rd-century amulet, which may serve as the oldest evidence of ...

Revolutionary Frankfurt discovery sheds new light on early Christianity, reshaping our understanding of religious history in ...