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 ...

Today, churches are being designed not only as spaces for worship but also as cultural and architectural landmarks. This ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ross Douthat: The death of Pope Francis ends, or at least temporarily suspends, a tumultuous period in the life of the ...

In one of his final announcements before his death, Pope Francis granted Catalonian architect Antoni Gaudí the title of ...

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 ...