The shy 69-year-old Augustinian missionary has eschewed the headline-grabbing protagonism of past pontiffs in favor of a ...

Leo will disappear further this weekend when he begins a six-week vacation in his first break since his historic election May ...

Fireworks are a cornerstone of America's Fourth of July celebrations, but that can make the spirited holiday dangerous.

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The July 7 event at Canterbury is evidence of a growing interest in shrines, saints and relics in the Church of England, ...

If we imagine religion as a technology, argues Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith, we can better see the cause of its ...

The church acknowledges three creeds: the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene-Constantinople Creed and the Athanasian Creed.

In this article, I want to address 10 baseless practices that have emerged in contemporary Christianity — some of which are ...