The recent death of Pope Francis I stirred memories for Winkley Professor of Latin and Greek Barbara Weiden Boyd, who recalls ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

Pope Francis has died, plunging Catholics into mourning and heralding a new era of uncertainty for the world’s oldest and ...

The Roman army at its peak reached the north-western parts of modern day Saudi Arabia.The area between the Roman territory ...

The Holy Father consistently emphasized care for our common home and human fraternity: the need to see one another as ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...

The Kingdom of Thessalonica was a short-lived state that emerged during the Fourth Crusade after the sack of Constantinople in 1204.

Intellectual life in the modern West traces its origins to the ancient Greeks and Romans. However, by the launch of the First ...

The idea of a common Easter has been discussed since the 1960s, with interest peaking when celebrations coincide, as they ...

Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...

Archaeological excavations launched in 2022 in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem have yielded significant data on the site’s original use and appearance.