The Capacocha ritual was one of the most significant religious ceremonies in the Inca Empire. It involved sacrificing children and young women to deities and sacred places at the summits of ...

New research from Tel Aviv University suggests prehistoric children were joint creators of European cave art, fulfilling a ...

Peru’s history dates back over 5,000 years, making it an intoxicating and addictive destination for history enthusiasts.

Forget “be gay, do crimes.” The latest moviegoing French import says “be gay, do sins.” Coming from provocateur Alain Guiraudie, Misericordia is a must-see comedic thriller that skewers ...

An online campaign has been launched against an Indian priest working in Australia, seeking investigation into his alleged involvement in the suicide of his sister-in-law and two nieces in southern ...

The Mass for the Jubilee of Priests instituted as Missionaries of Mercy was celebrated on Sunday at the Basilica of Sant’Andrea della Valle in Rome. Hundreds of “Missionaries of Mercy ...

A former Catholic priest who was convicted of sexually abusing a minor will be deported back to his native country of Colombia after he serves his time in prison, according to a news release from ...

Young men are simply not signing up to become priests — certainly not in the numbers that they used to. According to the Vatican’s Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae, the past 12 years have seen ...

Former pupils of a late Catholic priest accused of sexual abuse have questioned why a church apology did not contain details of the “evil” cleric’s time as a teacher in Co Antrim. Fr Patrick ...