After serving as an active Methodist pastor for more than 40 years, I am now retired. My husband is also a retired Methodist ...

From the mud of Woodstock ’69 to the ancient incense of Orthodox Christianity, American singer-songwriter Jim Giatas has lived one of the most unlikely journeys in contemporary sacred music. Raised in ...

Every December, Europe lights up with Christmas markets, church bells, and family gatherings. Yet, as the map reveals, Christmas Day is not universally celebrated on the same date across the continent ...

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

The modern papacy has focused on spiritual leadership and the pursuit of peace. After the two World Wars, it became a voice ...

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - US lawmakers say they cautiously support Syria’s post-Assad transition, but warned that the new ...

So, Pope Leo’s travels East are more a witness to our shared common heritage, as opposed to an expedition into unknown and ...

Archaeologists at the Hisardere Necropolis in Iznik found an early Christian fresco inside a tomb that depicts a young, clean ...

Eight new members were received into the Orthodox Church of Cuba during a mass baptism at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox ...

The EU-Western Balkans summit on Dec. 17 in Brussels brings together European Union leaders and their counterparts from six ...

Pope Leo XIV ordered the release of the Summary of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate last week, marking a new low ...