the regions of PISIDIA & LYCAONIA Antioch, Lystra, Derbe, Iconium - cities visited by Barnabas & Paul in Southern Galatia (Acts ... the cities of the seven churches of Revelation (Rev 1:11 ...

He headed to Caesarea, visiting Jerusalem, Antioch, Galatia, Phrygia, Colossae, Laodicea and other provinces of Asia Minor to support the established churches and plant new one. Paul returned to ...

Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.

When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals’ delight and conservatives’ horror. Such ancient teachings as the ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Across the five counties of the Allentown Diocese, Catholic churches tolled their bell 88 times Friday to celebrate all 88 years of Pope Francis' life. A special mass then ...

A theme of early meetings is the tension between diversity and unity, which have become shorthand for cardinals to signal ...

During the Francis papacy, the role of women in the church emerged as a pressing priority, with Catholics across the globe calling for change. The Argentine pontiff listened, breaking some ...

The church bells can be tolled in the parish churches 12 times symbolizing the 12 years of Pope Francis's pontificate. As the bells are tolled, the people are called to prayer," the guidelines read. — ...

Ross Douthat: The death of Pope Francis ends, or at least temporarily suspends, a tumultuous period in the life of the world’s largest religious institution. A period where the pope was often pitted ...

This church became known as the Coptic church because Copt is the Arabic and Greek word for Egyptian. Before the Moslem invasion in 641 the Copts fell into heresy due to their rejection of the ...

The ruins of the iconic Portara, or gate, still stand on the islet of Palatia, near Naxos. What remains of a temple dedicated ...