It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church ... Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, Italo-Albanian, Melkite, Romanian, Russian, Ruthenian, Slovak ...

Despite its year-round sun, rich history and gourmet restaurants, Djerba remains mysteriously absent from UK tourists’ radars ...

Once Christianity took over the Roman Empire, its emperors were placed in sarcophagi rather than cremated, as Christian dogma (both Catholic and Orthodox) did not approve of cremation. Only in 1963 ...

Albania’s Orthodox Church has held an inauguration ceremony for its new Archbishop Joan, who succeeded Archbishop Anastasios following his death in January ...

After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at ...

The humble fish, or ichthys (ἰχθύς) in Greek, was a symbol that played a crucial role in the early years of Christian history ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...

In some faith traditions in the U.S., men make up a larger proportion of the membership. For example, in The Church of Jesus ...

Nikos Papadopoulos, a member of parliament for the Greek far ... one goes into a church the first thing they encounter is the faces of the saints on the paintings and icons. I feel that these ...

Two under-appreciated Greek islands are slated for a tourist boom as droves of Brits consider ditching hotspots like Spain. It follows escalating anti-tourist sentiment and a string of planned ...

Jeremy Workman’s documentary looks back at a project that may sound like a joke but had serious underpinnings. By Alissa Wilkinson Jason Statham plays a construction worker who’s as deft at ...