(THE CONVERSATION) Pope Francis’ pontificate marked a distinct shift in the Catholic Church’s engagement with the Muslim world. While his predecessors fostered dialogue and tolerance, Francis sought ...

The Hagia Sophia mosaics are unique and represent the ultimate example of Byzantine craftsmanship. They are the only surviving examples of Byzantine mosaics from such a lengthy time period. They cover ...

Francis, who had advocated for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, visited Israel and the occupied West Bank in 2014 ...

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The Church is a holy place for Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Armenian, Coptic, Syriac and Ethiopic Christians. (How did Jesus’ final days unfold?) For 19 th-century Protestant biblical ...

Easter, the holiday when members of the Christian faith recognise the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ... then placed near an icon at home and kept all year for good health.

Mets No. 8 prospect Jesus Baez socks his first homer of the season to left-center field for High-A Brooklyn ...

The event’s invitation poster includes a depiction of a tattooed "Jesus" surrounded by men in drag. Pictures posted from the event in previous years include men dressed as Jesus in high heels ...

At 11:00, the ceremonial sealing of the Holy Sepulchre will begin. At around 12:10, the Armenian Orthodox clergy, together with the clergy of the Coptic and Syriac Churches, will leave the Armenian ...

He did however make plenty of Easter-related jokes about Donald Trump and his cronies, among them that Trump is celebrating “by locking up guys named Jesus.” (Obviously pronounced in the ...

Jesus descends and breaks down the doors of hell, unbinds the prisoners and leads the just to heaven. In ancient paintings from the Eastern Orthodox Church, and in similar icons still used in ...

DAMASCUS - Two US Congress members landed in Damascus on April 18 to meet Syrian officials, the first visit by American lawmakers to the war-ravaged country since Mr Bashar al-Assad was ousted ...