Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, the first pontiff, and are not a reference to ...

Despite the unresolved issues that many Catholics know are long overdue, Francis achieved far more for marginalized people ...

In Hayek’s Bastards, historian Quinn Slobodian charts how the current manifestation of the far right that has risen to power in many countries, and in its most virulent form in the United States ...

Skal's approach is more dispassionate and focused on entertainment, looking at the cultural impact of Halloween on the rise of horror movies and the nation's fascination with violence. The pagan roots ...

On Good Friday more than 660 years ago, the hot cross bun became part of English culture as well as Catholic history. The origins of the beloved baked treat traditionally made with currants ...

CHIMAYÓ — Causing heads to bow as a woman’s black veil fluttered in the wind, a procession of hooded figures in traditional attire moved toward the adobe shrine, using wooden beams to haul ...

CANTERBURY, England — Reports of a “quiet revival” within the Catholic Church in Britain have been drawing widespread attention over the past week as parishes up and down the country witness ...

Did the chemical components necessary to create water on Earth come from space or already exist here? One prevailing notion holds that asteroids containing either water of its building blocks ...

Born into a loving Catholic family in 1937, the young boy enjoyed only two years of a normal life before Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. What followed were years of brutal occupation ...

After learning its origin, she planned the perfect way to connect her Polish Catholic heritage to the wider Buffalo community, by debuting the baranek wielkanocny: the Easter butter lamb.

Blue Origin is taking a star-studded crew of six female passengers to the edge of space on Monday in one of the most closely watched suborbital space tourism missions in years. The flight will ...