Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?

Learn about the life and Church service of early Latter-day Saint leader Anthon H. Lund through his digitized documents and ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill explores the 1,700-year history of the "rule of faith" in Christianity, ...

Dear friends, a Bishop is a witness to hope by his example of a life firmly grounded in God and completely devoted to the ...

The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before ...

I’ll always be angry about the history of the church in Ireland – the violence inflicted on children, women, queer people and many others. But there is a distinction between the institution ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church closed years ago.

Cook County tax records show the archdiocese sold the St. Mary of the Assumption property — which encompasses the church itself, the school, convent, rectory and annex — to a company called ...

Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, first American to hold papacy in Catholic Church’s history. Eric Reguly European bureau chief. Rome. Published May 8, 2025Updated May 12, 2025.

No subsequent pope in history as opted to take the name of the first pope, St. Peter. Renáta Sedmáková – stock.adobe.com. In the history of the church, there has only been one ...

Excavations uncover medieval church history and over 300 burials at University of Gloucestershire’s new City Campus. Discover key historical findings.

Thomas Bokenkotter’s “A Concise History of the Catholic Church” is a comprehensive yet accessible overview of one of the world’s most influential religious institutions.