He has been the patron saint of Wales since the 12th Century, at a time when there were more than 60 churches in Wales dedicated to him. His shrine was so important that Pope Callistus II said two ...

Protestants have become deeply influenced by a musical theology that promotes informal, emotional, expressive worship led by ...

Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.

Pope Leo XIV has pointed to Our Lady of Guadalupe as the model of “perfect inculturation” as Mexico prepares to mark the 500th anniversary of the apparition in 2031 with a jubilee year.

A Lutheran pastor inspired in her youth by a Catholic priest and nuns is set to become the first female presiding bishop of the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Michel. The famous abbey in the sea off the coast of Normandy, France, is celebrating its 1,000th anniversary. TRAVELBOOK shares the story of this popular tourist ...

Along with ritual immersion, John the Baptist called people to moral reform. His essential message, like the prophets of Israel before him, was one of repentance from sin in anticipation of God’s ...

Emerging in the early centuries CE, Coptic adapted the Greek alphabet to write Egyptian, adding characters for unique sounds.

AFTER initial dialogues with the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the head of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) has announced that the planned ordination of the Society’s bishops ...

The Westmeath Archaeological and Historical Society host Dr Edel Bhreathnach as speaker at a lecture on Wednesday 25 February next at 8pm in the Greville Arms Hotel.

The practice goes back to the early Church, when Christianity began organizing public worship in Rome. After the Edict of Milan in 313, when the emperor Constantine granted freedom of worship, ...