Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, suspected ...

The price of covering a room in the prized pigment was equal to between 50% and 90% of a Roman legionary's annual salary, a ...

A white-out fluid, found on a 3,300-year-old papyrus, was used to make a jackal appear skinnier, Egyptologists have found.

(RNS) — In January, Archbishop Robert G. Casey announced plans to hold an archdiocesan synod next year, ‘a time of prayer, a time of listening to the Holy Spirit and to one another.’ ...

Veteran rapper Afroman has secured a major legal victory after a widely discussed courtroom battle involving several Ohio sheriff’s deputies. The case stems from a 2022 raid on his property that ...

Archaeologists in France uncover a rare painted altar of a Celtic god at a Roman sanctuary, revealing late Roman ritual practices at Mancey.

Pope Leo XIV visits the Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Rome’s Ponte Mammolo suburb. Encouraging the community to ...

Plato’s philosophy shaped the early theology of Christianity and influenced the doctrine of the Holy Trinity at Nicaea.

In the context of Vatican City State, the task of administering justice takes on a particularly relevant meaning. The administration of justice is not, in fact, limited to the resolution of disputes, ...

At a lecture sponsored by the Jacques Maritain Center, Bishop Barron reflected on what we can learn about the character God through Scripture.

I remember, during the Iraq-Iran war in the 1980s, seeing teenagers and old men being given green keys to Paradise and marched off to be cannon fodder for the Iraqi guns. When they were killed (or ...

Dar es Salaam. The fifth memorial Mass for the late President John Pombe Magufuli, held today in his hometown of Chato, was marked by prayers, reflection and tributes, with the Bishop of the Roman ...