VATICAN CITY >> Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis today at a solemn funeral ceremony, ...

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...

When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals’ ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

Construction and renovation work is taking place at the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, to preserve the historic mosque and ...

Historian teams up with Chris Tomlin and Hillsong’s Ben Fielding to adapt rare music dating back to the third century.

As monks' quarters and graffiti-laced walls are revealed beneath the desert sun, a long-forgotten chapter of Christian ...

Historic St. Mary's City, a Maryland-based museum and archaeological organization, is opening up a reconstructed 17th-century ...

CE, Christian elites built numerous private churches, while Jewish donors appeared to pool their resources in a communal ...

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about the truth behind the Easter story.

The list of rectors of Stainton starts with William Presbyter de Stainton in 1129, and in the old church, the earliest known burial was of William Scurfield, of nearby Estob, who died on April 13, ...

An ancient carved stone head, possibly of a Roman god, mythological figure or philosopher, was uncovered beneath a 5th-century church in Rome, Italy. Credit: Parco Archeologico dell’Appia Antica / CC ...