Full of beautiful landscapes and historical treasures, these are the 10 smallest countries in the world. And you can visit ...

Last summer, leaders representing 11 global religions, from eastern faiths including Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and ...

Jenny Jochens, a historian of medieval Iceland who taught at Towson University, died in her sleep of old-age complications on July 7 at Roland Park Place. She was 97. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, she ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

As Egypt built its High Dam, Sudan’s Nubian valleys quietly disappeared underwater, displacing thousands, burying ancient ...

Once a year the Bishop of Norwich arrives by boat for an open-air service at an ancient Norfolk abbey - to be met by heirs of the monks who ...

Fife is the stage for Shakespeare’s Macbeth, ancient Stone Circles, Pictish caves and the ­final resting place of Robert the Bruce. Fife was once the centre for European pilgri ...

Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for “merciful compassion” for the world’s poor, victims of tyranny and wars, as he celebrated Mass ...

Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to ...

Visitors can expect succulent seafood and set menus at the best restaurants in Brittany Many visitors come to Brittany ...

Some believe that when a person dies nothing remains that death is the end of personality Others believe in the continuity of life That the present incarnation is only a link in the chain of one s ent ...