Jesus tells us in the Gospel of Matthew, “the poor will always be with you.” So far, sadly, he has proven to be correct. In ...

(RNS) — On Saturday (Sept. 3), 56 pilgrims from four countries will gather in Mexico City to celebrate St. Phoebe’s feast day and consider how they might urge the church to reclaim the diaconate for ...

Pottery from the Catacombs of St. Thecla in Rome. Fourth-century paintings of Sts. Peter, Paul, Andrew and John on the ceiling of the burial chamber of a Roman noble woman in the catacombs are ...

Mosaic inscriptions reveal faith and practice of early Christians. A church floor was discovered in Israel in 2004 in the ancient city of Megiddo. It was found a few miles down the road from Tel ...

Christian history begins with the life and death of Jesus Christ and continues with the formation of the early Christian church, Emperor Constantine's Holy Roman Empire and the great schism into ...

Archaeologists have excavated subterranean rooms and a tunnel under an early church in Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. When you purchase through links on our ...

Firefighters from several towns battled a blaze at the Congregational Church of Eastford early Sunday morning. Despite their efforts, the church, which was built in 1829, was destroyed. Stream ...

To understand the relationship between Christians and Jews, it is crucial to survey some of the Church Fathers to understand how their early exegetical deviation paved the way for modern anti-Semitism ...