Before visiting Rome, Vatican City, and Italy's religious sites, read this Rick Steves-recommended book to better understand ...

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church to this day. Their papacies were in the era of the Roman Empire, which ...

But unfortunately, having clothed the divine deposit with the rationalistic philosophy of Aristotle and Pelagius, the Roman church has turned the Christian faith from a dramatic mystery of ...

The Roman Empire grew over a long period of time ... Josephus,and also among the Christian gospels. But this is the first piece of direct evidence from an archaeological source which actually ...

Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity, differing from other branches primarily in their beliefs regarding sacraments and the papacy. The pope, the Bishop of Rome, is considered a ...

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church to this day. Their papacies were in the era of the Roman Empire ...

Thought to be of Berber origin, Pope Victor I was in charge of the Catholic Church at a time when Christians were sometimes being persecuted by Roman officials for refusing to worship Roman gods.