Quite a lot has been written about whether religion as a whole has brought good things to history, culture and modernity.

Scientists have succeeded in reconstructing the face of Saint Teresa of Jesus, one of the most influential figures of Spanish ...

Queen Esther was a figure of inspiration to Jews who had fled from oppressive regimes. In the Netherlands, she became a ...

that the dark period of the Spanish inquisition started in 1478, with the blessings of the pope. Muslims and Jews were the main targets and anyone labelled by the Catholic Church as ‘heretics’.

Although not mentioned by name, the apology alluded to persecutions under the Inquisition, violence during the Crusades ... associate pastor and youth minister of St. Lawrence Catholic Church and ...

There’s a silly Monty Python sketch from a half-century ago that some of you surely remember, and it spawned an enduring meme — though we didn’t have that name for it then. In the scene, a hapless ...

Donald Trump and his merry band of busybodies sure seem to enjoy interfering in the independence and sovereignty of other ...

The Jewish Diaspora, meaning the dispersion of Jews outside their ancestral homeland, was significantly shaped by religious ...

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 Catholic Church is truly universal since it unites so many diverse rites, whose members share a common faith. Latest news U.S. State Department ‘monitoring’ UK government arrest of pro ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pilgrims have been pouring into a medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s ...