The Arch of Titus was built in 82 AD as a boastful tribute to the conquests of the Roman Emperor Titus. Nearly two thousand years later it remains as an ...

For instance, at almost exactly the time of the birth of Jesus (4-6 B.C.), some Jews became fed up with the Jewish King Herod ...

The leader of the Archdiocese of L.A. took a hard stance against federal immigration enforcement, instead offering ...

Coeur, or Basilica of the Sacred Heart, which Émile Zola called a "stone host placed on the open wound of the city," celebrates the 150th anniversary of the laying of its first stone. To celebrate her ...

The tales of Jesus and the history of notable sites have become a little bit clearer after researchers found interesting ...

The seal of the Resurrection is so powerful that in extreme cases even the unbaptized can administer baptism—using water or ...

This isn't just a parade. It's political theater. It's the gospel of empire made visible: power dressed in patriotism, ...

Their papacies were in the era of the Roman Empire, which stretched ... However, Christians in the Western part of the Empire believed that Jesus was resurrected on a Sunday, so Easter should ...

This month, the historian Nathanael Andrade weighs in with a new book, “Killing the Messiah: The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth.” In it, Andrade, a scholar of the Greco-Roman world ...

Nathanael Andrade explores the historical record to puncture a “misreading” that has often come back to haunt Jews come Easter time ... the Roman governor of Judaea who sentences Jesus ...

(The Conversation) — It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius ... Pilate as convinced of Jesus’ innocence. As more time passed, other works of ancient ...