John McArthur, the de facto leader of one of American Protestantism’s major contemporary wings, died on July 14, 2025, at the age of 86. The son and grandson of preachers, MacArthur was the author of ...

The Wellington Monument in Phoenix Park The fear remained, however, that Napoleon would invade Ireland and create a Catholic ...

A cannonball shattered his leg — and set him on the path to sainthood, founding the Jesuits and transforming the Church.

In 1704, Isaac Newton sat down with pen and paper and tried to calculate the end of the world. He didn’t use a telescope or a ...

The Young Buddhist Initiative, sponsored by Triratna Buddhist Community founded in 1967 by Sangharakshita, is designed to ...

Protestant bonfires mark William of Orange’s 1690 victory, with Larne’s Craigyhill bonfire towering 190ft and topped by a 30-ton beacon. Built from around 290 pallets, drone footage captures the ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary next year, another significant U.S. institution hits that milestone this week. The Army Chaplains Corps formed on July ...

My tour guide Brendan greets me warmly. ‘It’s grand to see you,’ he tells me, and promises to introduce me to the ‘historical ...

Gladstone described him as “the greatest popular leader whom the world has ever seen”. His followers acclaimed him as “The Liberator”, his opponents mocked ...

One hundred years after a Tennessee teacher named John Scopes started a legal battle over what the state’s schools can teach ...

This Side of Paradise’ unfurled like a banner over an entire age." So wrote A. Scott Berg in his biography “Max Perkins: ...

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary next year, another significant institution hits that milestone this ...