The attempt to project contemporary politics or our own aspirations onto such a sacred figure is always problematic.

The pope's doctors confirmed that his life is no longer in imminent danger but said he will have to remain in the hospital ...

Asceticism is the practice of denial of physical or psychological desires in order to attain a spiritual ideal or goal, often ...

The Antiquities Authority said that the discovery 'raised new questions' about how women of the time lived, potentially ...

St. Charles Borromeo also strove to bring back his people of Milan to the spirit, if not to the letter, of ancient times ... to the cave of Bethlehem, &c. On the Sunday preceding Christmas ...

The social position of Byzantine women is not easy to assess considering the vast reach of the empire and the many cultures it encompassed.

Patriarch Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All of Palestine and Jordan, has noted fears the ...

Alternatively, the Star of Bethlehem might have been a supernova, the short yet brilliant flash of a dying star as it explodes into space. But another criticism of the supernova hypothesis is that ...

Letter: Instead of trying to make people who don’t want to be U.S. citizens part of the U.S. and adding a new star or two to ...

Actors Circle will present the ancient Greek comedy, Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” March 13-16 and March 21-23 at Providence ...