Religious scholars and political pundits are asking if (and how far) the new Pope Leo XIV will advance the Church, and ...

With a few exceptions, many of the most famous fantasy series of all time are set in an embellished version of boring old ...

Stories retelling the birth of the Virgin Mary reveal that the Church was more forgiving of infertility than the general ...

In 1998, excavations were conducted in advance of the construction of the Oude Vismarkt square in Aalst, Belgium. During ...

One of the most unifying elements of the Medieval Period was the Roman Catholic Church. All classes and ranks of people, ...

The genre of the crime-solving priest or religious might be a niche one, but it's been around on the page and the screen for ...

"You get graffiti made by priests. You get graffiti made by people ... the 14th Century Certain images give an insight into late medieval fashion, including some rather eye-catching footwear ...

“Even the youngest priest in the room is the boss of the oldest, more experienced woman.” The campaigners say women took equal roles in worship in the early Church, before medieval ...

"Even the youngest priest in the room is the boss of the oldest ... took equal roles in worship in the early Church, before medieval reforms, and that, in Duignan's words, "the men who are ...

But the common image of medieval people as slovenly ... used in the ritual of hand washing in both religious (i.e. by a priest before mass) and secular contexts (i.e. in a private household ...