ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was ...

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided ...

The religions of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans, often simply called “classical religion,” are often viewed as ...

With powerful opening words, written over 1,900 years ago in the busy city of Corinth in Greece, a Jewish Christian began a ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on what the ...

Opinion: Churches and their strident faiths have been perhaps the most guilty of upsetting democracy by installing chaos and tyranny in its place.

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days ...

In the best restaurants along the Bosphorus strait Roman Abramovich’s high dining is setting tongues wagging as much as it once did in London. “I love Abramovich so much,” enthuses Omer ...

Archaeologists have discovered multiple artifacts depicting ancient Greek deities in the ancient city of Finziade in Sicily. Courtesy of Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi.

Even before Blake suggested that Protestantism should consider the impact of Roman Catholic renewal on the ecumenical movement, the World Council of Churches was acting on the need. At the end of ...

In the best restaurants along the Bosphorus strait Roman Abramovich’s high dining is setting tongues wagging as much as it once did in London. “I love Abramovich so much,” enthuses Omer Ataysin, an ...