Born enslaved, rejected by U.S. seminaries and ordained in Rome, Augustus Tolton became the first publicly recognized Black Catholic priest in America. His life exposes the Church’s history of racial ...

The crossing has been under a near complete closure since Israel seized it in May 2024, saying the step was part of a strategy to halt cross-border arms smuggling by Hamas. It was briefly opened for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. allies and partners in the Middle East again are urging restraint from both the United States and Iran ...

On Feb. 2, Día de la Candelaria will mark the end of the holiday season for the Catholic and Latino communities, celebrated with tamales, faith, and family.

The York Lodge of B’nai B’rith applied for a Scouts charter early in 1941, with Ben Lavetan, president of the organization, signing the application and Goode serving as one of those in support of the ...

Between 1606 and 1607, King Christian IV of Norway and Denmark sent explorers back to Greenland to renew claims on the land and a number of old sites were repopulated. When the Kingdoms of Norway and ...

( NewsNation) — A Bethlehem grotto is to be restored for the first time in 600 years. Restoration of the Grotto of the ...

More common are protests outside houses of worship, such as recent anti-Israel demonstrations outside synagogues in New York ...

Can a handful of olive pits and grape pollen alter the imagination of a known sacred landscape? Beneath the worn stone paths ...

Sister Katarzyna Kowalska, co-chair of the Polish Council of Christians and Jews and vice president of the International Council of Christians and Jews, said the Church today calls the faithful to ...

In ancient Rome, hope was venerated as a minor goddess, Spes, but usually on a communal, national level. Politically, Spes ...

Neta Elkayam and Amit Hai Cohen teach the most popular elective at Xavier University. At least for now. The class does not begin with a lecture. Instead, Neta Elkayam stands at the front of the room ...