The title was tied up with the early Church’s Christological disputes. Nestorius was a fifth-century heretic. He rejected the title “Theotokos” because of his underlying (and deficient) Christology.

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the murder of St Thomas a Becket, Pope Pius XI reaffirming ...

St. Joseph's Church & Rectory, Croghan Street, 1800s. The original St. Joseph's Catholic Church, built in 1857, is pictured ...

This is precisely why education—and Catholic education especially—is so important. Education is the process of shaping us to ...

As you may have gathered, the “Christ” in Christmas refers to Jesus Christ. “The English name for the holiday, Christmas, is ...

The early European settlers and later soldiers living in this area re-created memories of home as they celebrated the winter ...

On Dec. 31, while many people are preparing for their New Years Eve parties, some Roman Catholics will also mark the feast ...

We need to divide history into different periods ... On Oct. 17, the Catholic Church remembers the early Church Father, bishop, and martyr St. Ignatius of Antioch. Irenaeus grew up to write ...

The witness of St. Thomas Becket, whose feast day is Dec. 29, underscores the perennial truth that no earthly king reigns above Christ.

(THE CONVERSATION) On Dec. 31, while many people are preparing for their New Years Eve parties, some Roman Catholic Christians will also mark the feast day for St. Silvester.

That is a shame, because Bishop Cummins had a significant and lasting impact on the Catholic Church in his own diocese and elsewhere through his quiet leadership and ministry, including 26 years ...

Iceland has a long and rich literary tradition. With its 380,000 inhabitants, the country has produced many great writers, ...