The history of Christian celibacy is more complicated than we’d like to think. Lately, Christians have cast their minds and social media musings back to the early church on the topics of singleness ...

Christian faith proclaims that Jesus was God’s divine son. But church historians have long known that certain Jewish followers of Christ, in the early decades after his death, regarded him as merely ...

A team of German and Armenian researchers made a groundbreaking discovery last week of an ancient church in Armenia dating back to the fourth century, making it the oldest documented church in Armenia ...

In Scripture and in the history of the church, the poor are where we encounter God, the pope writes in his 'Dilexi Te.' ...

Mar Georges Younan. Mar Georges III Younan, who was born in Iraq but lived his entire life in the United States, has been elected patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East. The Church is an Eastern ...

Excavation work in Turkey’s ancient Olympus revealed intricate mosaic patterns and inscriptions at a church entrance. Known as Church No. 1, the mosaics contained within are dated to the fifth century ...

Turkey has converted the ancient Chora church in Istanbul into a mosque, following a similar move with Hagia Sophia. Chora, originally a church dating back to the 4th century, became a mosque under ...

Jubilee of Hope pilgrims are undertaking two ancient church pilgrimages this week to prayerfully prepare for Easter: St. Philip Neri’s Seven Churches Pilgrimage and the Holy Thursday Seven Churches ...