The Arvanites, descendants of medieval migrants from present-day Albania to Greece, maintain a distinct language and culture, significantly shaping Greek history, particularly during the War of ...

The artifacts were buried in the graves of a young woman and child, who may have converted to Christianity in Africa before traveling to the region, researchers say ...

Belief in an afterlife, God and spirits in nature is widespread globally. Older adults are more likely than younger adults to ...

Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread. Others, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, vary more by country. Pew Research Center.

For dinner last Monday, Osama Sawarih and his family sat down to eat flatbread and a handful of rocket lettuce grown next to his tent in southern Gaza. Sawarih looked at his family with concern.

The Greek genocide and the Pontic genocide instigated by the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish national movement is a dark ...

Pope Leo XIV must “find good people” to guide his engagement with Eastern Churches, according to the head of the Chaldean ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first person from the United States to lead the Catholic Church, is taking on a financial headache in his ...

In the Russian Empire, the church was subordinated to the state, and in the Evangelical Church, members of the clergy were ...

The various Celtic peoples living across the European continent during the Iron Age experienced a cultural peak around the same time as the expansion of the Roman Empire. But what happened to them ...

Much of the Church's growth is in less wealthy regions, and its affluent base ... Financing isn't a new issue. During the Middle Ages, some popes tried to finance the church by selling ...

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills is announcing its 2025-2026 season led by performances ...