"Paris is well worth a Mass" was reportedly the attitude of King Henry IV when he was trying to secure the French throne. As ...

Daniel K. Williams, associate professor of history at Ashland University in Ohio, on the ways in which Christian ...

Today in History for Feb. 18: ...

Yesterday, the Nigerian group met with Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV)who has been vocal about the violence suffered by Christians in ...

A 14-bed homeless shelter for families and single women could be opened in a house owned by St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church ...

As the complexities in Venezuela continue to evolve, President Donald Trump held his first face-to-face meeting with democratic opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Universal consensus says her ...

Q: The Anglican church is elevating its first woman to the role of archbishop of Canterbury, the chief diocese of the Church ...

University of Louisville political scientist David Buckley says liberal religious leaders are playing a key role in ...

In 1618, Protestant King Frederick V replaced Catholic Emperor Ferdinand II as King of Bohemia. The Holy Roman Empire’s 30-year civil war between Catholics and Protestants ensued.

In New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Catholic life took shape unevenly, shaped as much by law and political culture as by migration and missionary effort.

Augustus Tolton was ordained in Rome in 1886. Previously, the only Black Catholic priests in the US had been men who ...

Catholics continue to be the largest religious group in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru – despite declining as a share of these countries’ adult populations over the past decade.