A French parliamentary inquiry has found that physical and sexual abuse went unchecked for years at a Catholic boarding ...

The tale of Salmoneus, the king who dared to imitate Zeus, reveals ancient fears of hubris, madness, and divine punishment.

Propaganda was perhaps less subtle three millennia ago: it’s doubtful a modern singer would describe their nation’s laws as ...

Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the hymn describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled gates, and ...

Around the world, we are “witnessing an alarming rise in attempts to discredit, politicize or suppress scientific knowledge,” the Vatican says in a new Pontifical Academy of Sciences document ...

As I wrote in several articles, my sojourn in Europe was a culture shock on many levels . The most profound was how Europeans ...

Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...

The Holy Cross and Blessed Sacrament parishes in Olyphant and Throop consolidated into one Tuesday, taking on a new identity and becoming one of the first Roman Catholic churches worldwide to name ...

This is the third installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here and ...

In 1929, an astronomer named Edwin Hubble stood atop Mount Wilson in California, peering into the night sky. What he s ...

As Devdas turns 23 this July, here’s looking at the enduring intrigue of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who reigned over the global ...