For Christians in the Middle East, this moment carries particular significance. These ancient communities, rooted in lands ...

Eastern Catholic leaders are remembering Pope Francis for bringing ... and martyrs for the name of Christ" -- Pope Francis named the 10th-century Armenian monk St. Gregory of Narek in 2015 as a doctor ...

From conclaves to reincarnation, religious traditions around the world follow different rules when selecting new spiritual ...

The German Catholic Church is hoping that having a new pope who can speak German will prove a more willing ear to the country ...

Pope Francis in January called for Eastern and Western churches to accept a common date for Easter, declaring the Catholic Church ... English and Irish monks popularized their own solar calendar ...

Perhaps a revealing question is whether the church will continue the radical novelty Francis brought as a pope from a ...

On Monday, May 5, 2025, at the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican, the staff involved in organizing the conclave will take a ...

Catholics in the Eastern states found themselves cut off from the church living under a militantly atheist government. In West German states, more than 40 percent of the population was Catholic ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

And midway through the season we received a direct interpretation of what that watery imagery is supposed to represent from the lips of Luang Por Teera, a Buddhist monk and an ajaan, or teacher ...