Ararat, a settlement dreamed up in the 1800s, was meant to offer a refuge to Jews. But after an ornate ceremony, plans never ...

Under Rome, Puglia flourished as a grain-producing region, with cities like Bari and Lecce thriving. After the Western Roman ...

Many Catholics in Africa are asking whether the next Pope will be from their continent. This, increasingly, seems likely.

Deborah Ball is the the Singapore-based Asia Editor for The Wall Street Journal. She was formerly based in London as the ...

By the canons of orthodox social science, countries like India are not supposed to have an environmental consciousness.

Coffin of Pope Francis sealed after 250,000 pay homage to head of Catholic Church - Pope Francis’s coffin was sealed after a ...

The Supreme Court will weigh the Catholic Church running a religious charter school. It's a big expansion of taxpayer money ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the saints and the Virgin Mary.

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

A major test of the separation of church and state asks the Supreme Court to allow the country's first religious charter school in Oklahoma.

In just the last month, the Supreme Court has heard three important religion cases, culminating in yesterday’s argument over ...