The region represents a cultural continental divide, creating a fascinating mix of the best aspects of French and Germanic ...

The late Rev Ian Paisley did so in Northern Ireland in the 1970s, operating in much the same way as Farage does today. He had ...

Constantine’s ambiguous role reminds Christians in Asia that the relationship between Church and State must remain a dynamic ...

Admittedly, this country wedged between Russia to the North, the Caspian Sea on the East and Iran to the South is hardly the ...

Newly chosen Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, along with the cardinals who elected him. Follow for live news updates.

Humanity Accepts the Idea of Infinity but Struggles to Conceive of a World Without a Beginning. It is commonly asserted that an atheist is someone who has rejected belief in the e ...

Few kings of France faced a more daunting prospect than Henri Bourbon in 1589. France was decades into the Wars of Religion, ...

In this episode of Kings and Generals’ medieval history series, we explore how imperial cities in the Holy Roman Empire rose to prominence through war and alliance-building. Focusing on the 1377 ...

Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and ...

The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising ...

The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising ...

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...