My childhood memories was the annual visit with my family members to my hometown in Anioma part of the then Bendel State ...

Msgr. Paul V. Garrity On the threshold of Christmas, Muslims, Jews and Hindu’s are bombarded with Christian imagery that is not part of their traditions. Santa Claus, who has disguised Christian roots ...

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With their eyes fixed on the sky, the ancient Greeks formed constellations through noticing shapes in the stars.

God’s love doesn’t depend on you and what you do. That’s grace. Grace means that God loves even the unlovable. Grace means ...

The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.

Pope Francis delivered Christmas messages at the Vatican, warning against gossip, while the Holy See announced he is ...

In Francis’ 12th Christmas address to the Roman Curia, he reminded them, “An ecclesial community lives in joyful and ...

The scholar Elaine Pagels discusses her research about ancient accounts suggesting that Jesus’ father might have been a Roman ...

Just five days before Christmas Day, President-elect Donald Trump announced he is appointing outspoken conservative and ...

A silver amulet found next to a skeleton in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of ...

Samothrace, a small, rocky Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, has a storied past that belies its diminutive size.