A historian of the Holocaust and curator of the Auschwitz exhibition, now in Toronto, invites all who gather on Jan. 27 to ...

It was introduced into the Roman Catholic Church in the 15th century by Pope Gregory XI, then removed from the calendar by Pope Pius V in the mid 16th century. Pope Sixtus V later reestablished ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide observe a period of reflection, prayer ...

Iron Maiden have written songs about dinosaurs, the Second World War and many, many things in between. So, here’s the history of Planet Earth as told through the metal legends’ lyrics.

Peter Straughan wasn’t exactly walking around with his cell phone in hand to hear if the movie academy was going to ...

Holy Week is the same in the eastern and western Church, but because eastern Christians use the Julian Calendar to calculate ... The Apostolic Constitutions uses Roman-style midnight-to-midnight ...

Cardinal Sako recalled that both Churches share the Creed of faith established by the Councils of Nicaea (325) and ...

Pope Francis indicated that the Catholic Church was willing to accept a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and ...

A Hartlepool church has been chosen as one of only two in the region to welcome pilgrims for a special event in the Catholic ...

The Catholic Diocese of El Paso and various Borderland community leaders and officials will hold a news conference today at 1 p.m. to address the impact several recent immigration policies and ...

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Maine challenged the law after it was sued by dozens of adults who claimed they were abused by ...

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether states may reject religious charter schools from receiving public funding, agreeing to hear arguments in an appeal out of Oklahoma involving the first ...