The Vatican decided to restore the ancient practice of permanent deacons after the Second Vatican Council in 1967 but ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the ...

Women religious are meant to be serving the poor, marginalized or vulnerable in society, not be working as servants to members of the church, Pope Francis said. In the past, little was invested in the ...

It’s bad enough when secular institutions do this. But religious institutions are supposed to provide a moral example, even when it’s not easy. When spiritual authorities ignore their values ...

According to the first-century philosopher Plutarch, this was meant to convey humility. In the early Christian church, most women wore head coverings in worship and most men did not wear head ...

Even after collecting jewelry for the past decade, I still find that buying fine jewelry online isn’t always easy. There are karats and carats to think about. The all-time-high price of gold now ...

“He is an advocate of classical Christian education, an opponent of women in combat roles, and to top it all off he is a member of one of our CREC churches.” Hegseth’s church, Pilgrim ...

Søren Diinhoff / University Museum of Bergen Archaeologists have unearthed coins, jewelry and stones from graves in Norway that likely belonged to high-status Viking women, reports Science ...

The hijab for Muslim women and girls is a religious prescription in the Qur’an. The Qur’an, under Chapter 33 Verse 59 (Surah Al-Ahzab), dictates that “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and ...

Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable treasure from an excavation at the Skumsnes farm in Fitjar last autumn, including priceless Viking jewelry and coins.

The Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation, is an effort by Pew Research Center to understand religious change and its ...

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