For as long as pilgrims have flocked to the Holy Land, locals have apparently been peddling them souvenirs and trinkets. In a rare find, Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered the tools used some 1 ...

BYZANTINE RITE CATHOLICS. The Byzantine Rite Catholic Church resulted from efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to convert Eastern Orthodox Christians in the old Austro-Hungarian Empire during the ...

The construction of the largest Orthodox Christian church in the world took 15 years, with thousands flocking to the opening. It has an interior capacity for up to 5,000 worshippers. The People's ...

Upwards of 10,000 haredi Orthodox Jewish men protested on Sunday night outside the Israeli consulate in New York City against the conscription of Orthodox Jews in the Israeli military. The protest, ...

Imagine the 13th century. Lithuania—Europe’s last pagan bastion, surrounded by crusaders from the west and Orthodox principalities from the east. This was a time when the fate of entire nations was ...

His image looks like it came straight out of a rock concert. A black AC/DC T-shirt — the trademark of a band that sings about the devil and hell, with millions of ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The cry of innocent victims and mothers mourning their children will not go unheard, Pope Leo XIV said. When Christians chant “the Easter Alleluia, ‘Christ is risen! He is truly ...

Pope Leo XIV poses with pilgrims on an ecumenical Orthodox-Catholic pilgrimage led by Cardinal Joseph Tobin (l) and Metropolitan Elpidophoros (r) in Castel Gandolfo in Italy on July 17, 2025. (Credit: ...

A contractor in Syria discovered an ancient underground Byzantine tomb complex believed to be 1,500 years old below a destroyed home. The grave site was found last month in the town of Maarat al-Numan ...

President Dallin H. Oaks recently encouraged members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to start using the Easter greeting: “Christ is risen! Indeed, He is risen!” At first glance, ...