History class left this one out. In this video, we uncover a little-known blood ritual from medieval times – what it was, why it was practiced, and what it reveals about the beliefs and culture of the ...

Archaeologists working in northern Guatemala (formerly the Mayan city of Dos Pilas) recently discovered fragments of more ...

The other symbolically important moment of the Mass is the representational rite of obedience to Leo: Whereas in the past all cardinals would vow obedience to the new pope, more recent papal ...