Advances in modern weaponry and technology seem at odds with the archaic conduct of world leaders today. Strongmen rule countries like kingdoms and religion has resurfaced as an influential political ...

The latest work by renowned historian Diarmaid MacCulloch tackles Christian attitudes to sex over the centuries. Modern-day Christians who talk about traditional values usually don’t know how ...

Yet it was frequently discussed in a language that is more resonant of the Middle Ages than the scientific laboratory.

To those who feel nerves before attending a party or have to overcome a sense of anxiety before guests arrive, medieval ...

The markings don’t stop there: on one side, the sword a circle with an X layered inside, known as a sun wheel or sonnenrad.

Is your hair lacking volume, are you feeling less than perfect? Well, maybe you should try adding some lizard to your shampoo ...

On July 4, the historic city of Assisi, nestled in the heart of Italy’s Umbria region, will host the international traveling ...

For many ardent evangelicals and Christian nationalists, a military confrontation with Iran is the fulfillment of a biblical ...

Recently, a 12th-century French church’s restoration left history lovers like me in complete awe after 6th-century relics were unearthed beneath it. Archaeologists had a field day as a forgotten ...

Once upon a time in a land far, far away there was a king. He was not only a great king but also a committed Christian. His name was Prester John, and he reigned over 72 countries. The lands that ...

By 2021, Eilidh was growing as a disciple, learning to live out her faith in daily life (Eilidh’s conversion story adapted from “My Conversion Story: From Atheist to Christian During the ...

By Alexander Stafford, Catholic Herald. (image: Wikimedia Creative Commons) The last few decades have been terrible for Christians in the Levant and wider Middle East. The Iraq war and the rise of ...