The bus speeds past sun-drenched olive groves on its way to the small rural town of Iznik, in Turkey’s Bursa province, two and a half hours from Istanbul. Iznik—once known as Nicaea—still ...

About 500 kilometers. That’s the distance a group of Quakers walked on foot, from New York to Washington, over the course of a month. On May 22, members of this historic religious movement ...

This significant event in the calendar of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is tied to the legend that a fragment of Jesus' cross rests on Ethiopian soil. The outdoor festivities transcend ...

Would Armenians face such violence if they weren’t overwhelmingly Christian? The director of a Catholic aid organization that assists Eastern Christians warns of continued persecution against ...

The election of Leo XIV signals a new “Catholic moment” for the United States —or the continuation of one—but also opens the door to rethinking what “America” means for the world in ...

Despite the First Council of Nicaea in 325, which condemned Arianism and affirmed Christ’s divinity, many continued to deny that Jesus was truly God. A few decades later, the divinity of the ...

Colombia remains the world’s top cocaine producer, and each year the South American country breaks new records. Coca crops flourish on the lush slopes of Putumayo in southern Colombia, where ...

and the name of Peter’s successor.

Scenes from the Life of Saint Augustine of Hippo, South Netherlandish — Master of the Legend of St. Augustine (fl. circa 1480–1490). (Photo: Creative Commons CC0 1.0) Pope Leo XIV entered the ...

Ante Gabric, often called the “Apostle of the Sundarbans,” was a Croatian Jesuit priest whose life and mission left an enduring mark on the Catholic Church in eastern India. Born Feb.

Cardinal Robert Prevost didn’t write much. No sweeping interviews in Jesuit journals. No autobiographical catecheses. No manifestos. But in the quiet preface he penned for a textbook on social ...

Communion during a Latin Mass in November 2009, according to the rite of Saint Pius V in the church of Sainte-Rita, which became Gallican in the late 1980s. (Photo: Corinne Simon/Ciric) Raphaël ...