Zion Lutheran Church, designed by Oregon’s most famous architect and the first modern sacred space in Portland, will ...

I fled to my childhood bedroom in the house where my mother had died just a year before, while a few towns over Henry packed ...

For more than 750 years, strict rules have guarded what cardinals can and cannot eat to prevent hidden messages stuffed ...

Ararat, a settlement dreamed up in the 1800s, was meant to offer a refuge to Jews. But after an ornate ceremony, plans never ...

To be called Ararat, a tract of land on nearby Grand Island that was intended in 1825 to be the first autonomous Jewish ...

The inside is a "total loss," according to the chief. The church, steps away from the I ... fire-resistant construction materials, modern surveillance, integrated fire prevention systems, and ...

A day of remembrance, mourning and celebration as thousands gather in Rome to pay their respects and say farewell to Pope ...

There have been 266 popes in the Catholic Church's roughly 2,000-year history ... one that has undergone many changes over the centuries but that has remained largely the same in modern history. It ...