Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the ...

He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social subversives – crucifixion. The New Testament Gospels say so. The Nicene Creed, one of Christianity’s key statements of faith, ...

The triumph of Christianity is actually a very remarkable historical phenomenon. ... We begin with a small group from the backwaters of the Roman Empire and after two, three centuries go by ...

As the world bids a final farewell to Pope Francis during his funeral Saturday, among those present will be the poor, ...

When we think of Rome and the Pope, we don't necessarily think of a Greek Pope. However, many Popes in the past had been of ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan was among thousands of people who visited the tomb of Pope Francis in Rome on Sunday, one day after ...

He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social subversives – crucifixion. The New Testament Gospels say so. The Nicene Creed, one of Christianity’s key statements of faith, ...

Christianity. In Roman authorities’ eyes, the Christians were troublesome, and they sometimes faced prosecution and capital punishment. In addition, Rome had inflicted atrocities and punitive ...