Thousands of churches around the country close every year. In Brooklyn, one pastor is trying to help struggling parishes keep their doors open. By Alyson Krueger Late last month, two days before ...

Chuck Adair served 10 years in prison and is a lifetime registered sex offender. A North Texas church leader is a lifetime registered sex offender after serving time in prison for sexually ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves could deal “a devastating blow” to Britain’s historic churches by scrapping a £350 million scheme to subsidise repairs. The Church of England is warning that food ...

A sign out the front of Port Lincoln's Methodist Church, which may have once offered a parable, now advertises a competition to win a $1,500 travel voucher. Built in 1908 for just over 1,000 ...

Young, single men are flocking to the Orthodox church after discovering the “masculine” Christian religion through online influencers. Some converts said they felt disillusioned with the ...

Jumbled deposits of rock found on the top of hills in south-east Sicily were left by the megaflood that refilled the Mediterranean sea 5 million years – the largest known flooding event in Earth ...

In Europe and North America, the high costs of maintenance and declining use of sacred spaces have led to the abandonment of churches, shrines, and monasteries of significant architectural and ...

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” will be partly filmed in Sicily which, according to scholars, was a location for Odysseus’ wanderings in the epic composed by Homer around ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

The best way to get around Sicily is by train ... while slower regional trains can get you to other cities like Ragusa, Agrigento and Syracuse. It takes about three hours between the main stations ...

Sicily is famous for its cannoli, a sweet pastry filled with ricotta, so you’ll want to try this while visiting. Keep reading to discover where to find the best cannoli in Sicily—map included.