Today, only 140,000 remain,[2] divided between federal Iraq and the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. Mostly Assyrian or ...

The Rule of St. Augustine offered monks a firm structure for their daily lives of work and prayer, even before the mendicant ...

Christian leaders stress that the council and its anniversary still have relevance in the modern day, despite theological ...

Istanbul marked the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, the groundbreaking gathering convened in 325 by ...

When Robert Francis Prevost chose the papal name Leo XIV, it could have meant many things. There were 13 Leos before him: The first, Leo the Great, was a fifth-century theologian who helped heal the ...

The Council of Nicaea promotes a dynamic relationship with law, fostering ecclesial unity without entangling in rigid web of ...

(Vatican Media via AP) “This is true not only among non-believers but also among many baptized Christians ... century as a community of “mendicant” friars — dedicated to poverty, service and ...