Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While exploring an ancient Catholic church in France, archaeologists discovered a trove of 230 tombs. Further analysis revealed ...

SAN FRANCISCO — How was the early Catholic Church shaped in the cultures of the ancient cities of Jerusalem, Rome, Milan, Constantinople, Ravenna, Antioch, Alexandria, Ephesus, Carthage and Edessa?

On June 28, the Catholic Church celebrates St. Irenaeus of Lyon, who as a boy sat at the feet of Polycarp, eagerly listening to the sermons of the early Christian bishop and disciple of the apostle ...

Archaeologists excavated an ancient church in France and found hundreds of tombs, rare jewelry and objects of religious devotion, according to officials. Photo by Emmanuelle Collado from INRAP While ...

While exploring an ancient Catholic church in France, archaeologists discovered a trove of 230 tombs. Further analysis revealed that the tombs were holding much more than just ancient remains: Inside, ...