A Roman slave girl in ancient Gaul, Blandine endured torture, lions and scorn to bear witness to Christ — and became a pillar ...

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.

A team of researchers from the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group has provided fresh insight into ...

On the 85th anniversary of Joseph Brodsky's birth, we revisit the exiled Nobel laureate who never stopped writing in Russian ...

On "Preach," Anthony SooHoo, S.J., draws on unexpected images from Celtic Christianity in his homily for Pentecost, Year C.

For a particularly meaningful way to visit Rome’s major churches - and to sidestep the crowds - try following in the ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed ruins from a hidden ancient palace which housed popes ... glimpse into the dangers faced by the papacy in Rome's medieval times. Archaeologists stumbled upon complex ...

This commandment has been coined as the Great Commission and was given by Jesus in a context far different from ours. The ...

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

Historians give their view on plans to mark the 1,000th anniversary of William the Conquerer and what was more an English ...

Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is a Greek name, too, deriving from the Greek phrase "Is tin poli," meaning "to the city." ...