Many European evangelicals and other conservative Christians, including Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic believers, have ...

As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

We accidentally discovered a 500-year-old church in rural France—and it’s completely abandoned, yet filled with original medieval art. Built in 1549 and untouched for over 50 years, the church ...

The stone used for this church's exterior was born out of the aftermath of volcanoes tearing North America apart about one ...

In the town of Tivat, on Montenegro’s Boka Bay, the new wellness hospitality brand Siro just opened a hotel with ...

That the head of the Catholic Church is as American as baseball proves that ancient prejudices can be conquered and rifts between people can be mended.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

The Old Continent is vastly overrepresented in the college ... In 2022, the number of Catholics increased in four out of five continents. “Only in Europe there is a decrease,” the church’s statistical ...

Zach Bryan is buying an old church in Lowell to honor the legacy ... It Did To My Body And Brain' World War II ended in Europe 80 years ago. Celebrating V-E Day is now tinged with some dread ...

Understanding the politics of the cardinals—and how Francis may have influenced the election of his successor.

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the 266th occupant of the papacy, which dates back to St. Peter, the disciple ...

“What they saw in Bergoglio was a tough old Jesuit who would come in ... it was a strategy for the church’s survival. Europe’s religious population stagnated long ago, and the only real ...