I join millions of Catholics and good people on planet earth to congratulate Pope Leo XIV on his historic election as the new ...

The relationship between Christianity and the Roman Empire is one of profound significance, and has shaped the evolution of ...

History reminds us that when Christianity is captured by empire, it may flourish in power but withers in spirit.

I stared at the sun. It really hurt. Yet, as I stumbled down Prez Lawn barefoot (#freethefoot) with holes burned into my ...

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church to this day. Their papacies were in the era of the Roman Empire, which ...

On April 30, 311 AD, the Roman Emperor Galerius issued what became known as the Edict of Serdica, which made the first formal ...

AD 203, a young woman named Vibia Perpetua stepped into a Roman arena in Carthage, North Africa. The crowd jeered, wild ...

Christianity, according to Britannica.com ... Roman Catholicism became the official religion of the Roman Empire in the year 380, according to Learn Religions, a reference site produced by ...

He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social subversives – crucifixion. The New Testament Gospels say so. The Nicene Creed, one of Christianity’s key statements of faith, ...

This was an impressive feat, the historian said, because "he was the Bishop of Rome when Christianity was illegal in the Roman empire." Another important part of Victor I's legacy was to introduce ...