Religious scholars and political pundits are asking if (and how far) the new Pope Leo XIV will advance the Church, and ...

As a local Church, we need to do everything possible to protect ourselves from the disease and also contain its spread by ...

By Jennifer Galardi, First Things. (photo: Ruth Gledhill/Unsplash) ...

A former Ukrainian parliamentarian and prominent philanthropist is calling on the U.S. Congress to ensure that the financial ...

Nearly 2 million people, about 90% of Gaza's population, have been "displaced and living in overcrowded, unsafe conditions." ...

A court ruling in Egypt about St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai has sparked grave concern within the Greek Orthodox Church ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

COMMENTARY: The solemn sign of reverence and humility links Catholics with their Eastern Orthodox brethren by tapping into ...

In 1453, the Ottomans seized Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and the life of its last emperor, Constantine ...

While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always ...

The fall of Constantinople, on May 29,1453 was the final phase of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars and the darkest page in Greek ...

Christian leaders stress that the council and its anniversary still have relevance in the modern day, despite theological ...