Melanie Voigt Primus, 61 of St. Cloud, died Tuesday, May 20, following a long and courageous battle with breast cancer.

Oysters and escargot are recognised as luxury foods around the world – but they were once valued by the lower classes as ...

Pope Telesphorus is attributed with introducing Midnight Mass at Christmas and the Gloria ... Vatican Hill close to some of the other early popes. The 4th Greek Pope and the 19th of the Roman Catholic ...

Whether you’re Catholic or not, it’s hard to argue ... A fresco of Constantine’s Old St. Peter’s Basilica as it looked in the 4th century CE. | Heritage Images/GettyImages The first ...

Christmas is said to date back to the 4th century. But according to René Tétégan, a Catholic priest and liturgist from the West African country of Togo, Christians of the Eastern tradition were ...

Historians have extensively explored how indigenous beliefs in Western Europe became woven into Christianity—examples such as the Easter Bunny, Christmas ... in the 4th century (making it ...

You’re likely going to have to consider your plans a bit more than in previous years, as this one’s special: it’s the Jubilee Year, a Roman Catholic religious ... Clement Basilica as 12th-century ...

The mosaic, believed to date to the 4th century, was repaired and reinstalled in its original place, making the structure more visible and its construction phases traceable. Pompeiopolis was one ...

(photo credit: AA) Excavations in the ancient city of Pisidia Antiokheia, located in the Yalvaç district of Isparta, uncovered a stone amulet dating back to the 4th century CE, believed to have ...

The date, chosen by the Roman Catholic Church, has no confirmed link ... Santa Claus, or Father Christmas, has his roots in Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century Christian bishop known for his generosity. The ...

The tradition of celebrating Christmas on December 25 gained popularity in the 4th century, and it was formally recognized by the Roman Catholic Church in 336 AD. Over time, Christmas evolved into a ...

For some Americans, Christmas is a 365 days-a-year obsession ... they commonly settled on December 25 as his birthday during the 4th century. “Scholars differ about why exactly this is, but ...