COMMENTARY: The 16th-century ecumenical council shows us how the Church can come together and bring about authentic reform.

COMMENTARY: The council profoundly advanced our understanding of what we believe in ways that can immensely help our ...

Some 500 years ago, Jakob Fugger was the richest man alive. The German financed emperors and popes, and reshaped global trade ...

CATHERINE TURNBULL takes us through the keyhole of Riseborough Hall in Ryedale which is on sale for just shy of £2.5m ...

The modern papacy has focused on spiritual leadership and the pursuit of peace. After the two World Wars, it became a voice ...

December 13 marks significant historical events, including Pope Celestine V's resignation in 1294 and the capture of Saddam Hussein in 2003. The day also commemorates the start of the Nanjing Massacre ...

Today in History for Dec. 13: In 304, St. Lucy is said to have cut out her eyes and sent them to a persistent but unwelcome suitor who said he was haunted by them. This sent the message that he must ...

The Apostle Paul also urges believers to “make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:3). Unity cannot survive in an atmosphere of suspicion, accusation, ...

If Trump is carried off the field on a stretcher, there is no one on the bench to take his place," Alan Bean says.

Counterfire writers recommend their favourites from this year with a mixture of the new, the classic, fiction and analysis ...

Islamophobia is being normalized at the highest levels. Christians need to learn to fight it. (RNS) — Learning about Islam ...