In its recent report, Open Doors says, "The government continues to target ... In July 2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned the Hagia Sophia, an ancient Christian cathedral, from a ...

People visit Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) People visit Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday ...

The best of Byzantine architecture is on full display at the Hagia Sophia Mosque. Its silver dome is something extraordinary. It seems to float effortlessly above the grand interior, thanks to some ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...

TROUP, Texas (KLTV) - A goat remains at large Tuesday after shattering the doors of a Troup church and leading church staff on a wild ‘goat’ chase. Lowrey Davis, First Baptist Church Mixon’s ...

The dome of the "Hagia Sophia" cathedral in Constantinople collapses. Emperor Justinian I orders reconstruction. Behind the construction of the church are two architects - Isidore of Miletus and ...

Only when the door shuts, and all mobile phone signals in the Vatican have been extinguished, can the cardinals really start to ignore the influence of those outside. The buildup has not only ...

Kendrick Lamar is continuing his streak as the hottest rapper in the game right now. The nominees for the 2025 BET Awards were announced Thursday. Lamar led with ten nods, including album of the ...

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky take a walk after visiting St. Sophia Cathedral,in Kyiv on May 10, 2025 ...

Erdo courted controversy for his initially harsh reaction to migrants in Hungary, closing church doors to them. But after an audience with Pope Francis, he changed his position. Some conservative ...

During Europe's migrant crisis last decade he ordered church doors closed in Hungary to migrants, saying “we would become human smugglers if we took in refugees.” That stands in stark contrast ...